install4j uninstaller does not delete all files

Question

i am generating an installer for a desktop application using install4j 4.0.5 compiled by j2re1.4.2_08 and running on WindowsXP.The Problem is that The uninstaller does not delete any files unless the files that have been installed by a previous installer. Example : It install my application into program files folder lets say "Vodafone". My application further creates some files and folder into "vodafone" folder. At the time of uninstall it delete every thing whatever create by setup while files and folder created by my application remains there in "vodafone" even after restart my machine several time so i need to delete all files inside the installation folder . I need your support to know how to fix this problem and if there is any workaround i can do to solve this issue.

Answer 1

The uninstaller does not delete all files and folders in the installation folder. Only the following files will be deleted:

• Files that are contained in the installer and have an uninstallation policy that leads to uninstallation, such as "Always" or "If created".

• Files that were registered with context.registerUninstallFile(...) by the installer

If the installation directory is empty after those files have been deleted, the installation directory will be deleted as well.

If you want to delete other externally created files, use the "Delete files or directories" action instead.