User16527590051521085500 asked a question.
Hello. In order to create a silent program in installshield 2018 R2 (ver.24), I created it by inserting the setup.iss file.
For reference, in the installation designer - media - releases path, I wrote the command /s in the setup.exe - setup command line and built it.
If you create it this way, you don't have to use cmd, and if you double-click the setup.exe program, the installation screen will not appear like silent mode, and the program will be installed automatically.
However, there is a problem here.
I installed the silent program on my PC to test it,
and tried to delete it from the control panel, but it is not deleted.
Please tell me how to remove the silent program I installed from the control panel.
I know how to find the GUID in the registry and forcefully delete it.
Can't the 'silent program' be deleted from the control panel?
Thank you for your reply.
Firstly - we shouldn't try test installs on our machines that we need for our day-to-day work, if anything goes wrong, it can lead to big disruptions.
Windows has many virtual machine options, from Hyper-V to the brilliant Windows Sandbox.
This is free and part of Windows 10 and Window 11 so you don't need to do anything.
I would strongly recommend that you test your future installs in a virtual environment:
Windows Sandbox:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview
A silent installscript uninstall requires its own .iss response file so the installation knows what options to select during the uninstall process. Simply doubleclicking is causing the install to only run with a /s command as this is hardcoded in the setup, but there are no options available in a .iss for it work correctly.
To create a uninstall response file use the following command:
"C:\App\Setup.exe /r /f1c:\app\uninstall.iss"
You can then uninstall using:
C:\App\Setup.exe" /s /f1c:\app\uninstall1.iss