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What's the name of our main installation product (in uppercase letters), directly followed by the current year?

 

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  • 06-22-2005, 08:53 AM
    linder

    Re: Detect Previous Version

    If the Uninstall entry does not exist then you have installed all programs with Admin rights ;-)

    BTW, it is your responsibility to update the version number. And to have full control, you can use your own registry key! You can add a version number, last update date, etc., etc. Use the Edit Registry and Get Registry Key Value functions.

    Does this help?
  • 06-22-2005, 07:54 AM
    sphair

    Re: Detect Previous Version

    Found one under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uni nstall
    , but not any under CU.

    Now the next question, the main application inserts a uninstall here, and I see it has the correct version.

    But after running wupdate and updating my version, this registry value still contain the old value.
  • 06-22-2005, 07:38 AM
    sphair

    Re: Detect Previous Version

    I can't seem to find these Uninstall sections in the registry. What is the exact path?
  • 06-22-2005, 05:58 AM
    linder

    Re: Detect Previous Version



    I would suggest to use the UNINSTALL method. BTW, please check both HKLM and HKCU!
  • 06-22-2005, 05:47 AM
    sphair

    Re: Detect Previous Version

    You check this version in the WebUpdate program, and I went to see its source (quite cool, btw, that this is written IN SetupBuilder . There I see you fetch the current version from HKLM\Software\Lindersoft\WebUpdate\Apps\GUID.

    Which method do you recommend, the UNINSTALL or the WebUpdate way?
  • 06-22-2005, 05:41 AM
    linder

    Re: Detect Previous Version

    What you can do is to read this information from the Registry. It's stored under \Uninstall\{YourGUID} - read the DisplayVersion value.

    Does this help?
  • 06-22-2005, 05:35 AM
    sphair

    Detect Previous Version

    I want to detect the current installed version of my product. The command Detect Previous Version only returns the path of the product. I'm interested in [PRODUCTVER] defined in my previous installation. Is this possible to find anywhere?

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