Windows® Internet Explorer® Administration Kit 8 (IEAK 8) uses .inf files to provide installation instructions for custom Internet Explorer packages to run on Windows.
You can also provide instructions for uninstalling components as part of your custom .inf files. Do this by adding a section that removes the files, registry entries, and shortcuts, and then adds your component to the list of programs that can be uninstalled from the Add or Remove Programs dialog box in Control Panel. An example file, Uncheck.inf, is included in the IEAK Toolkit in the <systemdrive>:\Program Files\Windows IEAK 8\toolkit\inf folder.
To add your component to the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, add a new key and values under the following registry key:
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\app-name,"DisplayName",,"description"
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\app-name,"UninstallString",,"command-line"
description
This string is displayed in the list box in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box.
command-line
This is the command that is run when the component is selected from the list box in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box. To run a section in an .inf file, you can use the Setupx.dll InstallHinfSection entry point.
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Additional references:
- For more information about additional
resources and references for IEAK 8, see References.