RE: Consistent Uninstall Registry Key

> Would this do?
> msiexec /uninstall TortoiseSVN-1.6.10.1​9898-win32-svn-1.6.1​2.msi /quiet

Nope. The basic problem is: How can you uninstall TortoiseSVN (via script) regardless of which version is installed or having to maintain a historical record of .msi files or GUIDs?

Having to keep a copy of every past .msi file is ugly and wastes space.
The product GUID changes with every release; the uninstall key in the registry is based on the GUID, so it also changes with every release.

So everything you need to known/do to uninstall the product is always changing -- I'm just hoping to find one thing that could remain constant in order to make it easier to uninstall.

If the uninstall registry key cannot be fixed, then how about providing a "uninst.exe" file like other products do? Basically, all the "uninst.exe" program would need to do is just invoke the appropriate uninstall string from the registry (and hopefully provide some quiet/passive options).

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Received on 2010-08-03 15:45:28 CEST