[Bug 41270] New: MSI uninstaller does not clean up Registry's UpgradeCode, ProductCode

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41270

            Bug ID: 41270
           Summary: MSI uninstaller does not clean up Registry's
                    UpgradeCode, ProductCode
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.9.17
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: msi
          Assignee: wine-bugs at winehq.org
          Reporter: reinhold.hoffmann at hotmail.com
      Distribution: ---

When uninstalling an installed Wine app the uninstaller de-installs the app
accurately but it does not clean up the UgradeCode and ProductCode in the
Registry. In an subsequent installation when the same app (same UpgradeCode,
different ProductCode, higher version number) is installed, the MSI option
"RemoveExistingProducts" fails. "RemoveExistingProducts" should automatically
de-install a former version before the new version is installed. As a
consequence always the former version needs to be manually de-install BEFORE
the new version otherwise the next installation fails. 

In addition the Windows call "MsiEnumRelatedProducts" finds a product which
does not exist anymore. De-installing with "MsiConfigureProduct
(parameter=ProductCode, INSTALLLEVEL_DEFAULT, INSTALLSTATE_ABSENT)" does not
work either.

Because the MSI uninstaller leaves all ProductCodes of former installations in
place forever, the Registry get screwed and is not in sync to what really is
installed.

This is a big issue for almost every our customer when installing updates or
upgrade. Always, the former installation has to be manually de-installed
because "RemoveExistingProducts" always fails. We have detected this issue in a
deep dive and see this bug to be the biggest issue for our customers for a
broader use of our software on Wine. Therefore set this bug to be critical.

Please find attached what needs to be deleted in the Registry when the
uninstaller de-installs a software.

The bug happens for Ubuntu, openSuSE, Mac OS X

Reinhold

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