Inno Setup fails to remove components during uninstall cause my program is still running and the executable cannot be deleted. How do I have it check to see if it is running before allowing uninstall to proceed?
Uninstall fails because program is running. How to make Inno Setup check for running process prior to attempting delete
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Best Answer
Check these
Inno Setup: Detect instances running in any user session with AppMutex
Inno Setup: Is application running?
Inno Setup: Detect if an application is running
There are several ways. If your program defines a mutex use
or for a specified mutex in the
Code
sectionYou could also use
to get the window handle by class name and send it messages.
Or get it by the name
Or you use one of several DLL files for this specific use case
Or do it yourself after reading
How To Terminate an Application "Cleanly" in Win32
How To Enumerate Applications Using Win32 APIs (this one links to the german version as for some reason I can't find the english version of KB175030
or try the google translated version of the KB175030-DE
KB175030 DE -> EN