Launching a web page when a user uninstalls our software

When a user uninstalls our software, often we want to know why. In this recipe, we'll see how to open a web page in surveymonkey.com after an uninstallation. We can use this site to build a survey that asks the user why they're removing the software.

Getting ready

To prepare for this recipe, perform the following steps:

  1. Create a new setup project and call it OpenWebPageAfterUninstallInstaller.
  2. We have to add at least one file to our installer for the installation to complete successfully. Add a file called Sample.txt to the project and add the Component and File elements to include it in the installation:
    <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="cmpSampleTXT" ...

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