Register program on windows registry so that it appears on "Uninstall a program" on Control Panel

Question

Let's say I have a simple program: SomeProgram.exe and Uninstaller.exe those programs are in C:\ProgramFiles\MyProgram along with several dll's and resources.

Anyways I have a simple installer that installs several prerequisites to that path. Now my question is how can I register SomeProgram.exe on window registry so that I can have it appear in add or remove programs in control panel. I will like to execute Uninstaller.exe when the user clicks on remove my program. Also I will like to create a folder on windows startup menu so that the user can start the program from there in case he does not want to have a shortcut on the desktop.

Solution

All you need to do is to create the registry entries as documented in the second link from "sergmat". This will make the program to appear in the list from Control Panel. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372105(v=vs.85).aspx

Comments

[sergmat]

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/… msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/…

[Tono Nam]

Helpful links thanks! I don't use window's installer because it was very complicated to include in there the prerequisites that I need therefore I decided to create my own installer which is an AutoIt program.

[user1703401]

Erm, wait, how are you going to install AutoIt?

[David Heffernan]

No, don't write an installer in AutoIt? Use a real tool designed for the job. If Windows Installer is too hard for you use something like InnoSetup.

[Tono Nam]

AutoIt does not need to be installed. The reason why I will like to make this work is because my installer right now is basically an autoIt program that uses IE broswer embedded in a form so the installer looks very professional. I can customize it a lot. I am just missing to add the program to to the registry somehow so that it appears on control panel.