Uninstall from NSIS log

Author: darthvader (talk, contrib)

Uninstallation of files from log

This script is meant for people who use the NSIS special builds which log everything during installation and saves the log in $INSTDIR. Download this file which contains the functions to be called during uninstallation

Unzip uninstallfromlog.nsh and Include it in the main script uninstallfromlog.zip (1 KB)

Install Section:

During Installation have the LogSet commands to log the files being copied.

For e.g

LogSet On
   ....
   File ....
 
LogSet Off

Uninstall Section:

Have the following in the Uninstall Section.

Section Uninstall
....
Call un.CreateLogFromFile
Call un.RemoveDirectoriesFromLog
....
SectionEnd

Link to the Winamp.com Forums Uninstall from log

Hope this script helps. Any suggestions, modifications are welcome

Thanks to all the people who wrote StrLoc, Reversal of File functions