File Removal Dialog
In this dialog, you can customize a file removal operation. Such operations will be presented by the icon.
This feature should not be used for System folders as it could lead to System corruption.
Using this feature for folders containing a very large amount of data will increase the installation time accordingly.
By default Windows Installer will remove only the resources that were installed by the MSI package. This removal operation is intended to be used for external resources created by custom behavior.
General
Name
The name of the file to be removed. Use wildcard patterns for removing multiple files. You can localize this value.
Component
The component which will trigger the file removal operation.
Remove On
The time when the removal will be executed. There are three available moments:
- Component install
- Component uninstall
- Both
Condition
Specify a condition for the removal operation.
Remove empty folders
Enable the removal of empty folders that match the specified name.
Remove non-empty folders
Enable the removal of non-empty folders that match the specified name.
You can specify a whole folder to be removed upon install or uninstall from the Folder Operations Tab.
The removal operation is extremely useful when the installed resources are modified post install and would not be removed otherwise.
Schedule
Execute during package installation
This default option executes the file removal operation during the package installation.
Execute upon system reboot
This option will execute the file removal operation during the system reboot to ensure that files in use can be removed.