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How do I remove an old version Start Menu item during in
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00522162
Message ID:
00522783
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>>I am installing an upgraded VFP program with a new name, but the old Start Menu entry remains with the odl name, so now I have two. How do I programmatically remove an old entry from the start menu when I install a new program with a different name and/or icon?
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>The way I handle this is in the actual app. When the users install an upgrade to the program, 1 of the files I install is called cleanup.app. In my main PRG, I check for the existence of this file. If it exists, I issue:
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>DO ("CLEANUP.APP") && in quotes and parens so ProgMgr does not pick it up
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>After it runs, I erase the file.

Thank you. I use a very similar system. However my question is: How do you programmatically remove a Start Menu item?
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