Invoking Uninstall with /U

Hello (Friederich),

From the FAQ and documentation for invoking uninstall, the log is passed in via the /U paramenter.
ref: http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/sho...ight=uninstall

Run Program %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Uninst_[PRODUCTNAME].exe /U "[UNINSTALL_LOG]" (Always Install) [Wait]

First, I think because [UNINSTALL_LOG] is a compile time directive, one should watch out if the script allows specifying a different directory. You run the risk of specifying/using the 'current' LOG instead of the one from the previous installation.

But more importantly, how important is the /U option? It appears that by default Uninst_*.exe reads the log file from the directory(?) in which it resides. Is that right? Or for accuracy's sake, should one construct the path to the old log from the previous install directory?

Thx.

Hello,

The /U option is required if you pass an uninstall log name to the uninstall application.

For example:

MyUninst20.exe /U InstallLogFile.log

BTW, if the log file is named MyUninst20.log then you don't have to use the /U option.

Does this help?