[Interest] QtIFW Multiple entries in Apps & features

[Harald Vistnes]

Great, thanks a lot! That patch seems to explain it all. I'll try setting
the ProductUUID key.

Harald


fre. 12. apr. 2019, 20:02 skrev Elvis Stansvik <elvstone at gmail.com>:

> I cannot find anything about it in the config docs at
> https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-globalconfig.html
>
> But looking at the patch that added a UUID to the registry uninstall
> key (https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/104183/2//ALL), it seems it
> checks for a "ProductUUID" config key, so try setting that to an fixed
> UUID.
>
> Disclaimer: Haven't tested this and haven't used QtIFW :)
>
> Elvis
>
> Den fre 12 apr. 2019 kl 15:37 skrev Harald Vistnes <
> harald.vistnes at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using QtIFW for installing my application. In the Apps & features
> page in Settings on Windows, my application is listed multiple times. I
> usually install new versions without first removing the old version.
> >
> > In regedit I've found the corresponding entries for my application in
> Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall,
> each time with a different GUID.
> >
> > I guess I have set some setting in the QtIFW configuration files
> incorrectly to cause this behaviour, but I'm not sure what it is. Can
> anyone point me in the right direction? Why does the application get a new
> GUID each time? Can one enforce the GUID to remain the same, so that the
> entry in Apps & features is updated instead of adding new ones? Or can one
> at least remove old entries when installing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Harald
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