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Wix installer - Unable to delete Installation directory after uninstallation


My installation directory contains multiple folders and files. The folders are with admin privileges. I am able to cleanup everything in Installation directory but installation directory itself remains.

Tried RemoveFolder and RemoveFolderEx utility but could not succeed.


Solution

  • After so many attempts finally moved to c++ custom action where I have more control over files.

    Solution: Even after DeleteServices the service executable take time to exit. That was holding the log files. So I put while loop with 1 second sleep and kept checking the log files for deletion. After deleting those log files, also deleted the folder from same custom action.