Testing Uninstallation

In addition to testing your installation, you should also verify that you can remove your application easily without disrupting other applications.

Note Auto PC uses a skeleton CEI file to determine which component to remove. If your application creates files, directories, or registry keys during execution that are not specified in the CEI file, those files, directories, and registry keys are not removed during uninstallation. You may also be unable to recover those files, directories, and registry keys if you restore files from a backup. If your application creates these items at run time, place these items under the directory or registry key in the CEI for which you have specified the dynamic data flag. For version 1.0 of the Auto PC, uninstalling an application does not remove this dynamic data.

    To uninstall your application

1. Select Remove Program in the Auto PC control panels in Setup.
2. Verify your application name is in the list.
3. Choose your application and press ENTER.

    To verify uninstallation

1. Use the Windows CE Remote File Viewer to verify that all files and directories are removed.
2. Go to Remove Programs in Setup to verify application list is updated to reflect the removal of your application.
3. Use the Windows CE Remote Registry Editor to verify the registry has been updated to reflect the removal of your application.

You may also want to attempt to uninstall your application while it is running by starting it before uninstalling.