Installer/uninstaller issue

I have a custom installer that places a program's shortcut on a desktop using the following code sequence:

Code:

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SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hWnd, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, &pidl);
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, path);

CString pPathLinkTo;
pPathLinkTo = path + LinkName;

//Use 'path' to create a shortcut
IShellLink* psl;
CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink,
    reinterpret_cast<void**>(&psl));
psl->SetPath(pPathLinkTo);

IPersistFile* ppf;
psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&ppf));
ppf->Save(pSaveLinkTo, TRUE);

ppf->Release();
psl->Release();

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I should also say that the installer is running elevated.

Now, when the uninstaller runs (also elevated) it attempts to delete the shortcut created above using the following code:

Code:

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SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hWnd, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, &pidl);
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, path);

CString pPathLinkTo;
pPathLinkTo = path + LinkName;

DeleteFile(pPathLinkTo);

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It succeeds and removes the link from the Admin account's desktop, but what it fails to do is to remove the same shortcut from [another] standard user's desktop on the same system. For some reason the installer creates a copy of the shortcut for the standard user as well.

How do I make uninstaller remove the shortcut from a standard user's desktop too?

I guess you could avoid this problem if you placed the shortcuts in CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY rather than CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY folder.

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Originally Posted by VictorN

I guess you could avoid this problem if you placed the shortcuts in CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY rather than CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY folder.

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Victor, unfortunately I cannot change that installer (it's an old version of the software that has to be removed before a new one is installed). So my question is, how do I remove all those shortcuts now?

Then you can be in trouble!
Try to search for the shortcuts in all subdirectories of C:\Documents and Settings and permanently delete them.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by VictorN

Then you can be in trouble!
Try to search for the shortcuts in all subdirectories of C:\Documents and Settings and permanently delete them.

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Yeah, that's what I thought. Thanks.