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can the uninstaller compress files natively?

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zoomzoom#

can the uninstaller compress files natively?

hi all,

when i call my uninstaller i want to backup/archive some files prior to the uninstaller deleting them.

is there a build-in way to compress files called from the uninstaller? or would i have to package a command line compression tool and use execwait to call the tool and compress the files?

Thanks for your help!
Comperio#
You might find a plugin to to this:


Or, you can try the command-line version of 7-zip that you can extract and use to build compressed files during the install.