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Running files during installation and uninstallation. One of the common tasks during installation is to copy file to some temp directory, run it and delete after that. For example, it can be some script.

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Friends, I'm writing a script which does a lot of stuff - install my application + other opensource software, set up s/w as service, execute batch files to do some stuff etc.

I set some environment variables at the start. They of course do nottake effect till the inno script finishes execution (i.e theinstallation finishes).
The environment variables are needed to install a service.
The commands to install, configure and start the service are in abatch file which I need to execute after installation is complete. Ineed to execute this batch file just once.

How do I execute this batch file after installation is complete, using inno? It can be immediately after user finishes the install process or run once at system restart. Is it achievable through inno script? Or is there a way for my environment variables to take effect so that my batch file can run?

I know there are installation programs that do part of installation after user has finished install process and system has restarted. Does inno support that kind of functionality?

I'm not sure if CurStepChanged + ssPostInstall method will work here as it will essentially be the same environment that inno began with and my variables are not yet in effect.

If this cannot be achieved through inno script, I will place the batch file at system startup - in that case I will need to check if the service is already installed/running and take appropriate action. But that would be crude.

Any pointers/suggestions?

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I need to delete some files after the installation finishes.

I was using the [RUN] section to call CMD to delete the files but I wanted to improve the deletions by using InnoSetup code and not Batch then I've seen the [InstallDelete] section but this delete the files BEFORE the [RUN] section so.. there is something I can do to delete the files after [RUN] section?

Here is my script:

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If you're trying to delete temporary files (eg. needed by a subinstall):

Anything you install to {tmp} will automatically be deleted at the end of the install.

If you cant' install to {tmp} for some reason then you can use the deleteafterinstall flag on the [Files] entry.

If you're trying to delete files created by that subinstall, then you should contact the vendors or check their documentation and see if there's a command line parameter you can pass to suppress installation of that item in the first place. There usually should be for optional things like desktop icons.

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You can delete your files in the post install step of the CurStepChanged event handler Vassily ivanchuk 100 selected games.

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Finally what I've did is this.

Firts I try to delete the original MSI package files if them exists in the [InstallDelete] section but that doesnt's delete the folder at all so then after that I extract a dummy file and folder in the same locations with the 'deleteafterinstall' flag to delete them.

If you think this can be improved then please just tell me how to do it, really I don't want to use external code for this because I need a 'generic' way to do it for about 200 installers, writting code for that quantity of installers take a lot of time.

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