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Reinstall or Uninstall - how do you know which operation is being

Frank S

2006-03-15, 7:01 pm

I found some information here:

http://www.codecomments.com/archive...-10-664106.html

Will this approach work for WM5 Pocket PCs and Smartphones?

Thanks,

Frank

Danny Baumann

2006-03-17, 3:57 am

Hi,

> That seems like a lot of work. I'm not sure I understand why it's an issue
> though. If the uninstall works fine and the install works fine, why would
> it matter that they run one after another?

There certainly is a difference if you have registry settings and/or
data files. If you reinstall your app (e.g. because you have released a
new version), you want to keep these files; if you uninstall it, you
want to delete them.

Danny

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