Not removing certain files when uninstalling

[FrankS]

Hello to the community!
I'm very new to this product, so forgive me if my question is rather basic: I have built my first installer, an msi file. It works! Now when I'm uninstalling the product, I do NOT want to remove all files that the installer installed, I want to leave some files behind, on the user's hard drive. (The user will need these files later.) How can I achieve that, and tell the program what NOT to remove? (I have the Pro version.)
Thanks for any help or pointers to resources!
Greetings,
Frank

[Catalin]

Hello Frank,

In order to achieve that, you can go to "Files and Folders" page --> right click on the file that you do not want removed upon uninstall --> "Properties" --> "Operations" tab --> select the "Do not overwrite existing file" with the following condition:

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REMOVE = "ALL"

For more information about this, please have a look over our "How do I prevent a file or registry entry from being uninstalled or repaired?" article.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin