TransactedInstaller.Uninstall Method
Removes an installation.
Assembly: System.Configuration.Install (in System.Configuration.Install.dll)
Parameters
- savedState
- Type: System.Collections.IDictionary
An IDictionary that contains the state of the computer after the installation completed.
Call this method to remove a previously completed installation. This Uninstall method calls the Uninstall method of each installer in the Installers property to uninstall any resources set during installation. Any exceptions during uninstallation are ignored.
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Although the Install and Commit methods save the state of the computer after the installations, the file containing the IDictionary from the savedState parameter might have been deleted at some point after the installation was complete. If the file is deleted, the savedState parameter is null. |
The following example demonstrates the TransactedInstaller, Install and Uninstall methods of the TransactedInstaller class.
This example provides an implementation similar to that of Installutil.exe (Installer Tool). It installs assemblies with the options preceding that particular assembly. If an option is not specified for an assembly, the previous assembly's options are used if there is a previous assembly in the list. If either the "/u" or "/uninstall" option is specified, the assemblies are uninstalled. If the "/?" or "/help" option is provided, the help information is displayed to the console.
ArrayList myOptions = new ArrayList(); String myOption; bool toUnInstall = false; bool toPrintHelp = false; TransactedInstaller myTransactedInstaller = new TransactedInstaller(); AssemblyInstaller myAssemblyInstaller; InstallContext myInstallContext; try { for(int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) { // Process the arguments. if(args[i].StartsWith("/") || args[i].StartsWith("-")) { myOption = args[i].Substring(1); // Determine whether the option is to 'uninstall' an assembly. if(String.Compare(myOption, "u", true) == 0 || String.Compare(myOption, "uninstall", true) == 0) { toUnInstall = true; continue; } // Determine whether the option is for printing help information. if(String.Compare(myOption, "?", true) == 0 || String.Compare(myOption, "help", true) == 0) { toPrintHelp = true; continue; } // Add the option encountered to the list of all options // encountered for the current assembly. myOptions.Add(myOption); } else { // Determine whether the assembly file exists. if(!File.Exists(args[i])) { // If assembly file doesn't exist then print error. Console.WriteLine("\nError : {0} - Assembly file doesn't exist.", args[i]); return; } // Create a instance of 'AssemblyInstaller' that installs the given assembly. myAssemblyInstaller = new AssemblyInstaller(args[i], (string[]) myOptions.ToArray(typeof(string))); // Add the instance of 'AssemblyInstaller' to the 'TransactedInstaller'. myTransactedInstaller.Installers.Add(myAssemblyInstaller); } } // If user requested help or didn't provide any assemblies to install // then print help message. if(toPrintHelp || myTransactedInstaller.Installers.Count == 0) { PrintHelpMessage(); return; } // Create a instance of 'InstallContext' with the options specified. myInstallContext = new InstallContext("Install.log", (string[]) myOptions.ToArray(typeof(string))); myTransactedInstaller.Context = myInstallContext; // Install or Uninstall an assembly depending on the option provided. if(!toUnInstall) myTransactedInstaller.Install(new Hashtable()); else myTransactedInstaller.Uninstall(null); } catch(Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("\nException raised : {0}", e.Message); }
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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