Under normal circumstances, a folder installed by the package will be uninstalled automatically. However, if it contains resources which were not created by the installation package, the folder will not be removed.
If you know the files which remain, you can use File Removal Operations to remove all the files in the folder. However, if you don't know what the folder will contain, you can use a custom action:. This code can be pasted into a new text file with a. But let me get to the point. When running this, the installer and patch packages are enumerated and unreferenced packages are considered to be safe to delete and are thereby also deleted.
Depending on the age of the system and the number of applications installed, this action can free a significant amount of disk space. I do consulting, I produce and teach my own courses, I lecture and I present and my formal work title is senior workplace architect at Coligo in Stockholm, Sweden.
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