[python-win32] Uninstall program form Registry

[wensi liu]

I am using AccExplorer to identify the Name and Class Name.

Actually, I did uninstall program via Registry, however, the behavior could
be a little difference between them,  like:

If I uninstall program from Registry, the program won't delete it's folder
itself. That the reason why I am trying to do so that way.

Thanks again.
Vince

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

> wensi liu wrote:
> >
> > I wrote code blow for trying uninstall program form the control panel.
> > Somehow the code doesn't work.
>
> Right.  This is doomed to failure, for reasons very similar to your IE
> troubles.  The Add/Remove Programs control panel does not use child
> windows to host its controls.  Almost all of the window, including the
> thing that looks like a big combo box, is just drawn onto the window
> background at WM_PAINT time.  The only real control in the whole window
> is the combo box for choosing the sort order.
>
> Don't you have a tool line WinSpectre or SpyXX for looking at window
> structure?  They would help you find out things like this.
>
> In this particular case, this wouldn't be the right way to do this task,
> anyway.  That control panel gets its information from the Uninstall key
> in the registry, and you can go read that just as easily as it can.  Go
> check here:
>   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
> Every subkey represents an app or update that can be uninstalled, and
> each key contains an UninstallString value that gives you the command to
> execute to do the uninstall.
>
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> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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