Windows uninstall leaves registry entries

These are (Sandbox; just clicking next on the installer):

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UFH\SHC\0 
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store\PATH TO INSTALLER
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store\PATH TO UNINSTALLER
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\petrack
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\petrack
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\RegisteredApplications\petrack

And some including a long ID, which is probably unique to each user -_-

At least the RegisteredApplication ones should be taken care of by

      DeleteRegKey HKLM 'Software\\\\RegisteredApplications\\\\petrack'
      DeleteRegKey HKCU 'Software\\\\RegisteredApplications\\\\petrack'

in the install_helper.cmake. So this needs a bit more research before we can add these to be deleted during uninstallation. (Or I just need to write Software in CAPS as in the registry path... )

The AppCompatFlags stuff seems to be normal garbage (and can be used to find out what programs you recently used see: https://www.computerwoche.de/a/die-besten-tipps-zu-sicherheit-und-datenschutz,3328090,4 )

The UFH/SHC stuff is saving desktop icons, so it was probably the installer I hadn't deleted.

TL;DR

Interesting entries; should be deleted:

HKCU \SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\petrack
HKLM \SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\petrack

Try out doing SOFTWARE in caps in the NSIS-Script.

HKLM \SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\RegisteredApplications\petrack

created branch 131-windows-uninstall-leaves-registry-entries to address this issue

mentioned in merge request !81 (merged)

closed with merge request !81 (merged)

mentioned in commit 004f5198

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