Basic upgrade question
Can anyone tell me how Wise Package Studio can uninstall a product using only the upgrade code? I installed a product and then searched the registry for the upgrade code and it could not be found. I found that the uninstall string is also used as the KEY for the product, but the upgrade code was nowhere to be found.
-DomC
-DomC
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michaelnowell
15 years ago
I believe that the registry stores the information in a slightly different format that the upgrade code itself. It kind of mixes around the characters of the GUID.
Look in the registry under HKCR\Installer\UpgradeCodes you will see several codes for all the apps that are installed on your PC.
If your upgrade code is {4F688D6F-DD9B-11D5-83E6-0008C7D3BD41} then it will be listed like this F6D886F4B9DD5D11386E00807C3DDB14.
If you look carefully you can see the similarities.......
Original Code = 4F688D6F-DD9B-11D5-83E6-0008C7D3BD41
Registry entry = F6D886F4-B9DD-5D11-386E-00807C3DDB14
You can see that each section of the GUID is reversed. The same thing appled for the registry string within the key, except that this represents the ProductCode of the installed application
Hope this helps out.
Look in the registry under HKCR\Installer\UpgradeCodes you will see several codes for all the apps that are installed on your PC.
If your upgrade code is {4F688D6F-DD9B-11D5-83E6-0008C7D3BD41} then it will be listed like this F6D886F4B9DD5D11386E00807C3DDB14.
If you look carefully you can see the similarities.......
Original Code = 4F688D6F-DD9B-11D5-83E6-0008C7D3BD41
Registry entry = F6D886F4-B9DD-5D11-386E-00807C3DDB14
You can see that each section of the GUID is reversed. The same thing appled for the registry string within the key, except that this represents the ProductCode of the installed application
Hope this helps out.
Posted by:
DomC
15 years ago
Thanks! michaelnowell
Between your info and the info on http://www.msigeek.com/2008/08/windows-installer-guids.html I was able to figure it out.... But the way microsoft scrambles GUIDs is crazy.
Thanks again
-DomC
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