Launching a web page when a user uninstalls our software
When a user uninstalls our software, often we want to know why. In this recipe, we'll see how to open a web page in surveymonkey.com after an uninstallation. We can use this site to build a survey that asks the user why they're removing the software.
Getting ready
To prepare for this recipe, perform the following steps:
- Create a new setup project and call it
OpenWebPageAfterUninstallInstaller
. - We have to add at least one file to our installer for the installation to complete successfully. Add a file called
Sample.txt
to the project and add theComponent
andFile
elements to include it in the installation:<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="cmpSampleTXT" Guid="{71C66E47-B398-4F06-98C9-4143495772A4}"> <File Source="Sample.txt" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup>