#194 Removing local user when uninstalling application

[Voranc Kutnik]

Hello!

I have a problem with removing local user when uninstalling
application. I create this user during installation with:
...
<component id="user-content-AdminAccountComp" permanent="no" guid="8756fe7d-1555-4e92-aba3-e4b5dab1cedb">
<user id="user-content-AdminAccount" domain="&lt;span&gt;[ComputerName]&lt;/span&gt;" name="&lt;span&gt;[ADMINNAME]&lt;/span&gt;" password="&lt;span&gt;[ADMINPASSWORD]&lt;/span&gt;" createuser="yes" passwordneverexpires="yes" removeonuninstall="yes" failifexists="no" updateifexists="yes">
<groupref id="user-content-IisWpgGroup">
</groupref></user>
</component>

<group id="user-content-IisWpgGroup" name="IIS_WPG">

...

Uninstall of application fails, because I get error:
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RemoveUser: Error 0x80070103: failed to read domain
from custom action data
Action ended 13:13:45: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Action ended 13:13:45: INSTALL. Return value 3.
...

How can I remove user while uninstalling application?
What am I doing wrong?

Derek Cicerone wrote:
You have to persist the property value from install to
uninstall if it's not
directly authored in the msi file by saving it to a
registry value or some
other persistent location. I believe this may have
already been discussed
on this alias, so you might check the archives.

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[Rob Mensching]

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Derek provided the answer. You need to persist the data for uninstall because the Windows Installer does not do it for you.