Why does MSI require the original .msi file to proceed with an uninstall?

Fix Broken Uninstall: You can try the newest FixIt Uninstall tool from Microsoft if you have problems uninstalling an MSI. And one more link: Uninstalling an MSI file from the command line without using msiexec (a plethora of different ways to uninstall an MSI). UPDATE: This new support tool (this tool is now also deprecated) … Read more

How to completely uninstall VS Code on mac?

Here are all the places where VSCode stores stuff on Mac OS X, besides the Visual Studio Code.app itself, which is in your Applications folder: rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.VSCode.helper.plist rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.VSCode.plist rm -fr ~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode rm -fr ~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode.ShipIt/ rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/ rm -fr ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.microsoft.VSCode.savedState/ rm -fr ~/.vscode/ Update (Feb 2020): There are potentially … Read more

How to uninstall Anaconda completely from macOS

To remove the configs: conda install anaconda-clean anaconda-clean –yes Once the configs are removed you can delete the anaconda install folder, which is usually under your home dir: rm -rf ~/anaconda3 Also, the anaconda-clean –yes command creates a backup in your home directory of the format ~/.anaconda_backup/<timestamp>. Make sure to delete that one also. EDIT … Read more

Is it possible to detect Android app uninstall?

The GCM documentation explains this situation here: https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/registration#how-uninstalled-client-app-unregistration-works “An application can be automatically unregistered after it is uninstalled from the device. However, this process does not happens right away, as Android does not provide an uninstall callback.” Basically when GCM tries to send the next push notification, the device will tell GCM the receiving application … Read more

How can an app detect that it’s going to be uninstalled? [duplicate]

Okay. I have been investigating a lot on this problem since 2 days and finally found a “wild way” to solve it without rooting the device 🙂 First, here are the highlights to achieve the solution: 1. Whenever user goes to Settings -> Manage Apps -> Selects a particular application we receive a broadcast android.intent.action.QUERY_PACKAGE_RESTART … Read more

How can I find the product GUID of an installed MSI setup?

For upgrade code retrieval: How can I find the Upgrade Code for an installed MSI file? (or use the html table export script – shown below in section 2) Short Version The information below has grown considerably over time and may have become a little too elaborate. How to get product codes quickly? (four approaches): … Read more