The following installer properties give the values written under the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
The values are stored in a subkey identified by the application's product code GUID.
| Value | Windows Installer property |
|---|---|
| DisplayName | ProductName property |
| DisplayVersion | Derived from ProductVersion property |
| Publisher | Manufacturer property |
| VersionMinor | Derived from ProductVersion property |
| VersionMajor | Derived from ProductVersion property |
| Version | Derived from ProductVersion property |
| HelpLink | ARPHELPLINK property |
| HelpTelephone | ARPHELPTELEPHONE property |
| InstallDate | Installation date |
| InstallLocation | ARPINSTALLLOCATION property |
| InstallSource | SourceDir property |
| URLInfoAbout | ARPURLINFOABOUT property |
| URLUpdateInfo | ARPURLUPDATEINFO property |
| AuthorizedCDFPrefix | ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX property |
| Comments |
ARPCOMMENTS property Comments provided to the Add or Remove Programs control panel. |
| Contact |
ARPCONTACT property Contact provided to the Add or Remove Programs control panel. |
| EstimatedSize | Determined and set by the Windows Installer. |
| Language | ProductLanguage property |
| ModifyPath | Determined and set by the Windows Installer. |
| Readme |
ARPREADME property Readme provided to the Add or Remove Programs control panel. |
| UninstallString | Determined and set by Windows Installer. |
| SettingsIdentifier | MSIARPSETTINGSIDENTIFIER property |
See Also
About Properties
Configuring Add/Remove Programs with Windows Installer
Property Reference
Using Properties
在控制面板中双击Item时，会根据UninstallString启动卸载过程，用InstallShield制作的安装包生成UninstallString时会自动添加RemoveOnly参数，在安装包的OnMaintUIBefore中判断REMOVEONLY是否为TRUE，为TRUE则可以认为当前过程是从控制面板执行的，而不是又执行了一遍安装包。在已安装过程序的环境下再次执行安装包会走卸载的过程，而双击安装包默认情况下是不带参数的，此时REMOVEONLY为FALSE，由此可以根据这个参数来判断卸载过程是从哪里启动的。另外，如果是从控制面板执行卸载，则调用的是C:\Program Files\InstallShield Information下的备份包。备份包的由来是安装过程完毕后安装包将自身拷贝到C:\Program Files\InstallShield Information下的。而UninstallString中还有个参数是runfromtemp，该参数的含义是，当从控制面板执行卸载的时候，把备份包拷贝一份到Temp目录下，然后从Temp目录启动卸载过程，这样安装包才能完成卸载过程，否则会产生卸载过程删除自身文件的情况，程序运行中这是不可能的。其实拷贝到Temp目录下的有两个文件夹，一个是GUID文件夹，还有一个是随机文件夹，可以根据文件夹创建时间来找这两个文件夹。UninstallString还有一个参数应该是语言种类。