Uninstalling CAB File Doesn't Remove Shortcuts

Hi,

I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
doesn't
remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
thought
that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
Pocket PC
2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.

Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
Symbol MC50
device.

Thanks.

Regards,
Kartik

ken
Thu Aug 09 13:31:20 CDT 2007

I'm having this same issue. If you find a fix, please post it. I'll do the
same.

Thanks,

Ken

<tosboy71@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1186680293.042319.8480@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
> doesn't
> remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
> thought
> that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
> Pocket PC
> 2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.
>
> Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
> Symbol MC50
> device.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Kartik
>

r_z_aret
Thu Aug 09 13:44:15 CDT 2007

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:24:53 -0000, tosboy71@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
>doesn't
>remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
>thought
>that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
>Pocket PC
>2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.

Perhaps the shortcuts were originally installed in the top level of
the Start menu and pushed to Programs later. Uninstalls generally undo
_exactly_ what the corresponding install did.


>
>Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
>Symbol MC50
>device.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>Kartik

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dbgrick
Thu Aug 09 13:44:00 CDT 2007

I had the same issue. I added a check to remove the lnk file from the
programs directory in my setup dll's Uninstall_Exit method if it was not
removed by the normal cab uninstall.

Rick D.
Contractor

"ken lanehome" wrote:

> I'm having this same issue. If you find a fix, please post it. I'll do the
> same.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> <tosboy71@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1186680293.042319.8480@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
> > doesn't
> > remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
> > thought
> > that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
> > Pocket PC
> > 2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
> > Symbol MC50
> > device.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kartik
> >
>
>
>

srhartone
Sat Aug 11 15:46:02 CDT 2007

I think this *might* be a bug with PPC 2003 installer as I have seen this
with my installs in the past. We only target WM5 and WM6 now and do not see
this issue on these platforms.
--
Simon Hart
http://simonrhart.blogspot.com


"tosboy71@gmail.com" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
> doesn't
> remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
> thought
> that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
> Pocket PC
> 2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.
>
> Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
> Symbol MC50
> device.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Kartik
>
>

tosboy71
Sun Aug 12 09:10:00 CDT 2007

Hi Robert,

You were absolutely right. I shifted my shortcuts from "Start"
special folder
to the "Programs" special folder in the Smart Device CAB project.
After having
done this the replication of shortcuts seems to have disappeared.

Thanks Robert and everyone for your responses.

Regards,
Kartik


On Aug 9, 11:44 pm, r_z_aret@pen_fact.com wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:24:53 -0000, tosbo...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi,
>
> >I noticed that on a Pocket PC 2003 SE device, uninstalling a CAB file
> >doesn't
> >remove the shortcuts that appears in the "Programs" menu. I initially
> >thought
> >that this was a problem with the way I was creating the CAB file for
> >Pocket PC
> >2003 SE. However, I saw this happen even with some other CAB files.
>
> Perhaps the shortcuts were originally installed in the top level of
> the Start menu and pushed to Programs later. Uninstalls generally undo
> _exactly_ what the corresponding install did.
>
>
>
> >Has anyone else seen this? For what it's worth I am working on a
> >Symbol MC50
> >device.
>
> >Thanks.
>
> >Regards,
> >Kartik
>
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