When launching uninstall from Explorer, it pops up a message asking the user to close the application.
However, the application is not running. What does FindWindow see that the user can't see?
This does not happen on Windows95 or systems using the Win95 interface.
The problem does not happen when uninstalling from the uninstall icon in the start menu.
the procees is still running in background. Take a look with ProcessExplorer or WindowTaskManager maybe you will recognize it
In the Win95 GUI, the title of the Explorer Window included the full path - e.g. C:\BuildScripts - whereas in later version (our QA is using Win7 and Win8) the title is now the folder name - e.g. BuildScripts.
Therefore, if your installation folder has the same name as your product, FindWindow cannot differentiate between the open Explorer window and your product.
This is why the problem only arises if you uninstall from Explorer, and does not happen if you uninstall from the uninstall icon in the start menu.
Solutions:
Don't use the same name for your installation folder and your product.
Use the "class" parameter in FindWindow
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I created an install file with Inno Setup 5.5.9 that I then ran on a Windows 10 machine. My only problem has to do with uninstalling the program. I can use the Control Panel just fine to uninstall. But in the Start menu, when I right click on the shortcut that launches my program, there is no option in the context menu to Uninstall. Other programs do have this option.
Is this a Windows 10 thing that I can't get around?
Does the program need to be installed under Program Files or Program Files (x86)?
Or is there a change I can make to my Inno script to have the uninstall option show up?
I'm a standard user on the Windows 10 machine, and therefore installed the program without administrative privileges. Does that have anything to do with it?
Only "Windows apps" (aka Universal Windows Platform [UWP] apps, Windows Store apps and Metro-style apps) have working "Uninstall" command.
Classic "Desktop apps", like those installed with Inno Setup, do not. Their Uninstall command only opens "Program and Features" Control Panel. Check other major desktop apps, like Microsoft Visual Studio or Google Chrome. Their "Uninstall" command behaves the same. And they are definitely not packaged by Inno Setup.
You would have to re-package your desktop app to turn it to "Windows app", instead of using Inno Setup.
I had the same problem.
In my case sometimes only the uninstall shortcut in windows start menu disappers.
I somehow fixed it.
Just use in Icons-section the command to create this shortcut twice. Their names need to differ.
For example:
Name: "{group}\{#Uninstall_Name} {#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}";IconFilename: {app}\{#IconFileStartDesktop};
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName} {#Uninstall_Name}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" ;IconFilename: {app}\{#IconFileStartDesktop};
If the first uninstall-shorcut does not show up, the second one enter code here will to it.
After installing the application, the installer and uninstaller files are properly saved in the "install application folder" and in the "Start menu application folder" rispectively.
For example:
- "install application folder" = "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\"
- "Start menu application folder" = "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\"
Sometimes, though, the uninstaller file is not displayed into the application folder of the Start Menu Installed Applications List (list of installed Applications displayed on the left by pressing the Windows keyboard key).
Unfortunately I can't reproduce the problem. It doesn't appears each time I launch the Installer and I couldn't understand under which circumstances it appears.
Is there a possibility it can be solved by forcing a refresh of the Start Menu Installed Applications List? if this is the case, how can do it?
Thanks in advance to everyone for the possible help
EDIT: no solution but a workaround found here Inno Setup Start menu uninstall shortcut is not shown on Windows 10 2nd answer
Windows 8 and 10 hides shortcuts to uninstallers and help files on purpose, this is by design.
The Windows logo requirements says that you should only provide a single shortcut to your main application in the start menu. Only create multiple shortcuts if you have a suite of applications (like MS Office etc.). These guidelines have been in place for at least 20 years!
I was using the latest version of Android Studio IDE for creating flutter apps. But when I upgraded from Mojave to Catalina and tried to open my flutter code on IDE it gave me an error saying:
Dart can not be opened because the Developer can not be verified
What is the reason behind the error and how can I solve the issue?
Do I have to install flutter and relative development tools from scratch again or is there any other way to resolve the issue?
Do this steps and repeat until allow all you need and stop notifications.
Solve for me.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click
Security & Privacy, then click General.
Click the lock icon to unlock it, then enter an administrator
name and password.
Select the sources from which you’ll allow software to be
installed: There should be a button that says "Allow anyway". If not
make sure you've cancelled the error dialog.
usually you will not be allowed to install the applications dowloaded form other sources .... you need to first give permissions in the system Preferences
apple-icon on left top corner > System Preferences > click Security & Privacy > then click General... now Click the lock icon to unlock it ...
2.now, you will be shown with below attached image ... click allow anyway ..
now retry installing ... you are good to go...
Disabling entire Gate Keeper is definitely not a good idea as it will result running any type of program on your system.
You can add Dart to the white list by running this in terminal:
sudo spctl --add "Path_to_flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart"
You might require to reboot the system in order to apply the changes.
There are several other binaries other than Dart that may get blocked as well.
You can run GateKeeper script to fix the issue:
https://github.com/AmirKamali/Flutter_GateKeeper_Fix
I have published an article with more information how to fix this:
https://medium.com/#amir.n3t/how-to-fix-flutter-idevice-id-running-errors-in-mac-osx-catalina-7aa1f89f61aa
You can run this command to allow your mac/apps downloaded from anywhere
sudo spctl --master-disable
So who the hell is an "identified developer" if Google chooses not to be one? Something is wrong with this
i updated mac to Big sur and then got this problem.
Allowing dart in the security and privacy settings and then Deleting ...flutter/bin/cache folder solved it for me.
run flutter doctor in terminal afterwards to reinstall dart SDK
This issue can be resolved by deleting the artefacts directory and running flutter doctor once again - More Info Here
2022 update
The button is now at
→ System Settings → Privacy & Security → Scroll down to Security → Allow anyway
I've got an Installscript MSI project that's behaving a bit oddly.
Following a successful installation, if I launch the installation file again, I get a pop-up with a question:
"Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its features?"
This, of course, is the expected behaviour.
If I select "No", the "InstallShield Wizard Completed" dialog is displayed, and it notifies me that "The wizard was interrupted before [the application] could be completely installed."
Again, this is all within expected behaviour.
The unexpected bit is that after closing this dialog, the application is partially removed from my machine. The installed files and registry keys are still present, but it no longer appears in Windows' "Apps & features", and if I run the installation file again it starts a new installation, as if the application had never been installed.
I tired enabling maintenance mode, but to no avail. Cancelling the maintenance dialog triggers the same partial removal.
Any clue what's going on here, or ideas to fix this?
I have also faced this issue when long back I was working on InstallShield scripting.
The unexpected bit is that after closing this dialog, the application
is partially removed from my machine. The installed files and registry
keys are still present, but it no longer appears in Windows' "Apps &
features",
Have you implemented the uninstall script functions in your installscript for uninstalling or updating the installation? You may look into these functions and verify the logic for those particular features or components.
and if I run the installation file again it starts a new installation,
as if the application had never been installed.
In the installer folder, where you have your installshield setup.exe, you have TEMP folder in that folder you have "Installation.ini" file, there it tracks the instances it has installed with that particular name.
So it might be because installshield is removing the entry from installation.ini file and when you are trying to install the same package again you are able to do this.
I was getting this error when trying to install Atom using the installer.
I tried to run as Administrator but ever having the same error.
So I opened the Setup Log and found this line in many places of the log:
Failed to load local releases, starting from scratch: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\slack\packages\RELEASES'.
To resolve this problem, I simply tried to change the AppData folder properties, unchecking the Attribute "Read-Only" and applying to subfolders.
After that, I could install the application and everything is working well.
I don't know whether what I did was the best solution, but it fixed my problem :)
Hope this help someone
If you have anti-virus installed on your system. Please disable it and try it once. Hope this will work for you because this worked for me like a charm.
One more thing you can check that your windows update service is also running. You check it out in Task Manager ->
So do this thing and check it out.
This is a permission related issue. Could be you don't have permission to write, in that case run as Administrator.
Right Click on the installer and select Run As Administrator.
If you still have the issue, disable your antivirus, defender or whatever you have to protect your PC from threats. Once Installed Enable it BACK
if you have Dropbox opened, close it.
You can try this:
open control panel
Windows firewall
click allow an app or feature through windows firewall
In that at right bottom click allow another app
Browse the downloaded atom.exe file and click open and click ok
first uninstall or disable the antivirus. In my case Guardian net secure was handling all the things of windows firewall. so i was not able to allow the app through windows firewall. therefore, it is necessary to uninstall these. then restart your laptop.
after restarting open control panel. go to windows firewall. on left top you will see
allow an app or feature through windows firewall . click on it. dialog box appears. click on change settings. at bottom click allow another app. then browse the downloaded file atom.exe. then install it
What worked for me was closing Slack and terminating any of it's processes in Task Manager.
This was what worked for me (Windows 11):
Go to properties>compatability on the installation file. Run the troubleshooter for compatibility, and it shoul provide a solution, wait, and if it works, select that it did so, and you’re all done.
To resolve this problem, I simply tried to change the AppData folder properties, unchecking the Attribute "Read-Only" and applying to subfolders.
After that, I could install the application and everything is working well.
This worked for me on Windows 11 home version.
Hope this helps
I managed to install by finding an older version.