Question

My installer uninstall.exe is unable to remove start menu entry.Below has some part of code code can any one tell me where i am wrong.

!define MUI_STARTMENUPAGE_REGISTRY_ROOT HKLM
!define MUI_STARTMENUPAGE_REGISTRY_KEY ${REGKEY}
!define MUI_STARTMENUPAGE_REGISTRY_VALUENAME StartMenuGroup
!define MUI_STARTMENUPAGE_DEFAULTFOLDER "IREC "


 !insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_WRITE_BEGIN Application



 CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\${COMPANYNAME}\$startmenufolder"
 CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${COMPANYNAME}\$startmenufolder\$(^Name).lnk" "$INSTDIR\eclipse\iREC.exe" 
 CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\${COMPANYNAME}\$startmenufolder\Uninstall $(^Name).lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"

    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\eclipse"
    CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\$(^Name).lnk" "$INSTDIR\eclipse\iREC.exe" 

    !insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_WRITE_END


DeleteRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$registry"
Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\${COMPANYNAME}\$startmenufolder\Uninstall $(^Name).lnk"
Delete  "$SMPROGRAMS\${COMPANYNAME}\$startmenufolder\$(^Name).lnk"

Answer 1

• Are you using MUI_STARTMENU_GETFOLDER to initialize $startmenufolder in the uninstaller?

• Do you have RequestExecutionLevel in your script to avoid stupid compatibility stuff?