Uninstall Settings

List uninstall in "Add or Remove Programs" (Control Panel)

List your application in the "Add/Remove Programs" section of the user's Control Panel.

Entry Settings

Description:

The description text you want to display in the "Add/Remove Programs" list.

Unique registry key:

The unique registry key where you want to store your uninstall settings. This key is used to uniquely identify the uninstall information for your application.

Note: The location of the unique registry key is based on the chosen Requested User Privilege Level of the setup. By default it will be created at the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. However, if "As invoker" is chosen, it will be created in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.

Icon mode:

The icon mode you want to use for the Control Panel entry. Choose from:

Default

Display the default uninstall icon in the "Add/Remove Programs" list.

Custom

Display a custom uninstall icon in the "Add/Remove Programs" list.

Filename:

The path to the icon file that will be used to in Add/Remove Programs. The file must be a valid Windows icon (.ico) file. You can click the Browse button to open the Insert File Reference where you can select an existing standard icon (.ico) file from your project, or add one. After the file has been selected, this field will contain the location to reference the icon file after it has been installed on the user's system.

Icon Index:

The index of the icon you want to use from the file specified in Filename. If there is only one icon in the file, or if you want to use the first icon found in the file, enter "0" here.

Support Info

The following is a list of additional information that can be displayed in the "Add/Remove Programs" list for your application's uninstall. Many of these values contain the default session variables defined on the Session Variables tab of the Project Settings dialog:

Publisher

The publisher of your application. By default this contains the company name for the project, %CompanyName%.

Publisher URL

The publisher's URL. By default this contains the project's URL %CompanyURL%.

Help Contact

The title of the support department for your application. By default this contains %CompanyName% Support Department.

Help URL

The URL to display for product support information. By default this contains %CompanyURL%.

Product Version

The product version of your application. By default this contains %ProductVer%.

Registered Owner

The registered owner of the application. This option does not contain a default session variable.

Registered Company

The company the application is registered to. This option does not contain a default session variable.

Update Info URL

A URL containing product update information for your application. This option does not contain a default session variable.

Readme File

A path to a Readme file for your application. This option does not contain a default session variable.

Comments

Additional comments you want to display in the "Add/Remove Programs" section of your application. This option does not contain any default information.

InstallLocation

The full path to your application's primary folder. By default this contains %AppFolder%.

VersionMajor

The major version of your application. This is the first field in the format major.minor.build.

VersionMinor

The minor version of your application. This is the second field in the format major.minor.build.