dorukar
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Uninstall Performance

Hi all,

I am experiencing some time problems with the uninstallation of my application.
The installation of the application has 3 cabs and 70000 files and takes about 7-8 minutes to install. However the uninstallation progress takes about 30-45 minutes. Is there any way to make the uninstallation with a better performance.

Doruk AR
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Cosmin
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Hi,

The install/uninstall time depends on the number of components that must be installed/uninstalled, therefore reducing the number of components in your installation will increase performance.

You can drag and drop resources between components in the "Organization" page in order to minimize the number of components. More information about the "Organization" page is available here:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... ation.html

Note that you cannot place in the same component two files from different folders.

Also, another suggestion would be to organize your application into several features. This way you can give the user the possibility to install only a part of the components, therefore the uninstall will be faster.

Regards,
Cosmin
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