0mar
6th February 2002 04:50 UTC

Add/Remove for current user only...?
Hey everyone. :)

I was wondering if there's any way to create Add/Remove entries for the current user only?

You see, if I install an app. for the current user only, I'd like for the Add/Remove entry for the app. to only show up for the user that actually did the install, not *all* users.

So instead of writing uninstall thusly:
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyApp" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\MyAppUninstall.exe"

Could I write:
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyApp" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\MyAppUninstall.exe"

or something like that instead?

Thanks in advance. :)

petersa
8th February 2002 13:37 UTC

I'm pretty sure you can change HKLM to HKCU. There aren't any user-specific entries on my PC though...probably because it's single user.

Try it out though!

kichik
8th February 2002 17:20 UTC

Works for me :up:

0mar
8th February 2002 18:29 UTC

Thank you very much petersa and kichik. :)

Here's what I have found:

1. Does NOT work on win98 in a multi user setup (oh well it's NT/2k/XP I was really interested in anyway)
2. DOES work on win2k and winXP (yay! :D)

I did notice on 2k and XP that 'MyApp' was the only one that had Uninstall info. in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

In fact, The Uninstall key didn't even exist in HKCU until it was added by 'MyApp'... I guess I shouldn't worry about it - it works fine (on win2k and XP) so why should I fret? :p

I don't know if it'll work on NT though, I don't have any NT boxes lying around... (hint hint ;))

petersa
9th February 2002 12:45 UTC

Can't help you there... but if it works on 2K and XP, I'd bet it'd work on NT... they're pretty much the same thing, I think.

0mar
9th February 2002 15:16 UTC

Yeah, that seems like a safe bet - thanks again. :up: