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sortcut on desktop not removed

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Olibara#

sortcut on desktop not removed

Hello
I've made a installer script
The install works fine
Uninstall too

However the shortcut created on the desktop is not removed (even on an XP machine)
Here is the uninstall section

Section Uninstall
SetShellVarContext all
Delete "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
;Desktop
Delete "$DESKTOP\Kairo.lnk"
;Installation directory
Delete "$INSTDIR\Kairo.url"
Delete "$INSTDIR\Kairo.lnk"
Delete "$INSTDIR\Kairo-website.url"
RMDir /r "$INSTDIR"

;Start Menu
Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Kairo.lnk"
Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Uninstall.lnk"
Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Kairo-website.lnk"
RMDir "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo"

DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Kairo"
${un.registerExtension} ".grb" "Grib_Files"
${un.registerExtension} ".grb2" "Grib2_Files"
SetAutoClose true
SectionEnd
What can be wrong ?

Thanks for any help
MSG#
Either the path is incorrect (shellvar context?), or you don't have permissions (admin access), or the file is in use and locked (not very likely in this case).
Olibara#
Thank for your Help you MSG

Either the path is incorrect (shellvar context?)

I use exactly the same path and ShellVar as during install
Section -AdditionalIcons
SetShellVarContext all
WriteIniStr "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}-website.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Kairo.lnk" ${PRODUCT_EXE_FILE_PATH}
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Kairo-website.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}-website.url"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Kairo\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
SectionEnd
or you don't have permissions (admin access)
I don't think so it is on my XP developper machine and I have full rights

or the file is in use and locked
No everithing is closed when I run uninstall and I can delete it manually anyway
MSG#
Well in that code you pasted I see no desktop icon being created. I can imagine the shellvar context maybe changed before the code to create the desktop shortcut is executed?
Olibara#
Oups !

You are right : the desktop link is in another section maybe I have to move it or set ShellVarContext in the section below ??

Section "App Folders"
SetOverwrite ifnewer

;Include the entire Frontend directory
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
File /r "${LICENSE_PATH}"

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\gdal_test\"
File /r /x *.svn "${PROJECT_FOLDER}\gdal_test\"

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\data\"
File /r /x *.svn /x templates /x test-grib "${PROJECT_FOLDER}\data\"

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Resources\"
File /r /x *.svn "${PROJECT_FOLDER}\Resources\"

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Tools\"
File /r /x *.svn "${PROJECT_FOLDER}\Tools\"

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin\"
File /r /x *.svn /x *.pdb /x *.vshost.exe /x *.manifest /x *.config "${PROJECT_FOLDER}\bin\x86\Release\"
;!!! le backslash final est indispensable pour ne pas recreer un Release sous bin


CreateShortcut "$INSTDIR\Kairo.lnk" ${PRODUCT_EXE_FILE_PATH}
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Kairo.lnk" ${PRODUCT_EXE_FILE_PATH}
${registerExtension} "$INSTDIR\bin\Kairo.exe" ".grb" "Grib_Files"
${registerExtension} "$INSTDIR\bin\Kairo.exe" ".grb2" "Grib2_Files"
SectionEnd