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Can not remove dir on windows 98

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monidon#

Can not remove dir on windows 98

Hi All,
My uninstaller works superbly on winXP and doesn't leave any files or folders behind. But on Windows 98/ME the same installer's uninstaller process leaves 2 empty folders even though I am using /REBOOTOK and /r flag with RMDIR command to delete those folders.
Can anyone suggest what could be causing this.
Thanks,
Monika
monidon#
Sorry for the late reply.
Yes I do set the dir using SetOutPath but still it doesn't remove that directory. Can you suggest any other solution?
Thanks
Monika
JasonFriday13#
In other words, Afrow UK means that SetOutPath should not point to the folder you are trying to delete. Try SetOutPath "$TEMP", then try deleting the folders.
monidon#
Thanks for the response. I tried setting path to some different directory than the one which I need to delete and it still leave the folder behind. Other thing I would like to mention is before rebooting the machine I find few dlls in that directory which are in use which only gets deleted after reboot but the folder is left behind still.
JasonFriday13#
Don't know what other solutions there are. Could be a bug. You could also try ending the processes using the dlls before deleting the folder.