application does not appear in 'Remove Programs'

application does not appear in 'Remove Programs'

• Alex Calugarescu

  Thanks for the reply. Yeah not sure why it's not doing it for me. I have an i-mate SP5m. And in VS 2005 I've added special 'Programs folder'. Created a shortcut to my Primary output, and placed that shortcut in the 'Programs folder'.
  But when I copy the cab over to the device and install it, my app does not appear in 'remove programs' and the shortcut is just placed in start menu, and not in sub folder 'Programs' (which is completely missin. Got any ideas
  
  

• LMS65

  I've downloaded a trial application called FizzWeather. I installed it and it shows up in 'Remove Programs'. However I believe this app has a CESetup Dll included. Do I need to specify a setup dll
  I know that in windows 2003 the INF file included a default setup file 'vsd_setup.dll'
  Could this be related
  
  

• Alex_bg

  Actually before I give up on this. I created a new Device Application. Just added a label. So I ran this through the Emulator, and this does not show up in the 'Remove Programs'.
  What are some possible causes could it be my environmet setup or something like that I'm totally stuck.
  
  

• Bernie Hizon

  Yes I do see Microsoft .NET CF 2.0
  
  

• Dr. Borts

  It will appear in "Remove programs" on device without any action on your part.

  If you’d like a shortcut, please click on your exe, select "Create Shortcut to..." and move shortcut to the desired folder. You can add “Programs” folder by clicking at file view and choosing it from “Add special folder” menu.

  
  
  

• KannanPV

  ok after dropping this very frustrating problem I've come back to it and see if I could come up with any other reasons. Well I started downloading a bunch of applications for the SP5 and noticed that applications that were not trusted did not appear in the 'remove programs', and for trusted applications it did appear in 'remove programs'. Am I onto something or was this pure coincidence
  If this is not a coincidence does this mean that applications with root certificates will appear in 'remove programs' where as applications without root certificates wont
  If so, are there root certificates for testing purposes I know that there are test certificates that came along with VS2005 but they're not root certificates, which means it's not trusted.
  
  Trixter
  
  

• justintime

  Do you see it in emulator Are you using /nouninstall option with CabWiz

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wcepbguide5/html/wce50conCABWizardOverview.asp

  
  
  

• SL-USA

  No, setup DLL is optional and won't affect that.
  
  

• JensenLee

  The only reason CAB would not show in the "Remove Programs" on device I'm aware of is /nouninstall key. Do you see other applications, say NETCF V2 in "Remove Programs"

  
  
  

• Andre T

  Not sure what's going on. Something special about application name, perhaps
  
  

• Brent Mills

  Ok I got the programs folder working. Instead of including the 'Programs Folder' I included the 'Start Menu Folder', and within the Start Menu Folder I manually created a new folder and named it 'Programs'.
  However I still havent gotten my application to show in 'Remove Programs'. Weird thing though, is that it does appear in the ActiveSync 'Remove Programs'. So I am able to remove programs through my activesync.
  Does this mean there's something wrong with the device itself
  
  

• Emiy

  ok, well thanks for the help Ilya.
  
  

• Karen Grube

  No, that should not matter either. Unless installation completely failed (because of security restrictions or for any other reason) and application was never installed. Naturally, application which is not installed won’t appear in “Remove programs”.

  
  
  

• nightsoul94r

  
  Ok so I ran the app through emulator, and dont see it under 'remove programs'. And I checked the NoUninstall parm and it's set to false.
  
  
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