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Remove context menu and shell entries for Pulsar during uninstallation #1403

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Remove context menu entries for Pulsar during uninstallation
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Add safety checks when removing context menu entries
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43 changes: 43 additions & 0 deletions resources/win/installer.nsh
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; install steps, ultimately removing Pulsar from the PATH
${un.EnvVarUpdate} $0 "PATH" "R" "HKCU" "$INSTDIR\resources"
${un.EnvVarUpdate} $0 "PATH" "R" "HKCU" "$INSTDIR\resources\app\ppm\bin"

; Remove context menu entries
ClearErrors

; File Context Menu
Var /GLOBAL FileContextMenuRK
StrCpy $FileContextMenuRK "Software\Classes\*\shell\Pulsar\"

ReadRegStr $0 HKCU $FileContextMenuRK ""
${ifNot} ${Errors}
DeleteRegKey HKCU $FileContextMenuRK
${endIf}
ClearErrors

; Folder Context Menu
Var /GLOBAL FolderContextMenuRK
StrCpy $FolderContextMenuRK "Software\Classes\Directory\shell\Pulsar\"

ReadRegStr $0 HKCU $FolderContextMenuRK ""
${ifNot} ${Errors}
DeleteRegKey HKCU $FolderContextMenuRK
${endIf}
ClearErrors

; Folder Background Context Menu
Var /GLOBAL FolderBgContextMenuRK
StrCpy $FolderBgContextMenuRK "Software\Classes\Directory\background\shell\Pulsar\"

ReadRegStr $0 HKCU $FolderBgContextMenuRK ""
${ifNot} ${Errors}
DeleteRegKey HKCU $FolderBgContextMenuRK
${endIf}
ClearErrors

; File Handler Entry
Var /GLOBAL FileHandlerRK
StrCpy $FileHandlerRK "Software\Classes\Applications\Pulsar.exe\"

ReadRegStr $0 HKCU $FileHandlerRK ""
${ifNot} ${Errors}
DeleteRegKey HKCU $FileHandlerRK
${endIf}
ClearErrors
${endIf}
!macroend

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