Hello,

I have my own uninstall program. I want the user to be able to go to the
Start->Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs
and click on it. I then want my program to show amongst all the other currently
installed programs. When the user then clicks on Change/Remove, I want
Windows to automatically invoke my uninstall program.

I am using Perl, but regardless of what language is being used, what are
the steps needed to tell Windows about the uninstall program. It involves
the registry I know, but how, exactly? Or maybe it does not involve the
registry. Maybe it is only a matter of placing the uninstall program in a
certain directory.

I will be incorporating the solution into my install program. Any help would
be appreciated.

Thanks

In reply to Getting Windows control panel to invoke an uninstall script by Anonymous Monk

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