Clean up legacy 32-bit and HKCU registry entries on Windows install (#6176)

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Viktor Liu
2026-05-16 23:52:57 +09:00
committed by GitHub
parent 347c5bf317
commit 3f91f49277
2 changed files with 43 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -260,15 +260,23 @@ WriteRegStr ${REG_ROOT} "${UNINSTALL_PATH}" "Publisher" "${COMP_NAME}"
WriteRegStr ${REG_ROOT} "${UI_REG_APP_PATH}" "" "$INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}"
; Create autostart registry entry based on checkbox
; Drop Run, App Paths and Uninstall entries left in the 32-bit registry view
; or HKCU by legacy installers.
DetailPrint "Cleaning legacy 32-bit / HKCU entries..."
DeleteRegValue HKCU "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
SetRegView 32
DeleteRegValue HKLM "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${REG_APP_PATH}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${UI_REG_APP_PATH}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${UNINSTALL_PATH}"
SetRegView 64
DetailPrint "Autostart enabled: $AutostartEnabled"
${If} $AutostartEnabled == "1"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}" '"$INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}.exe"'
DetailPrint "Added autostart registry entry: $INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}.exe"
${Else}
DeleteRegValue HKLM "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
; Legacy: pre-HKLM installs wrote to HKCU; clean that up too.
DeleteRegValue HKCU "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
DetailPrint "Autostart not enabled by user"
${EndIf}
@@ -299,11 +307,16 @@ ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\${MAIN_APP_EXE}" service uninstall'
DetailPrint "Terminating Netbird UI process..."
ExecWait `taskkill /im ${UI_APP_EXE}.exe /f`
; Remove autostart registry entry
; Remove autostart entries from every view a previous installer may have used.
DetailPrint "Removing autostart registry entry if exists..."
DeleteRegValue HKLM "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
; Legacy: pre-HKLM installs wrote to HKCU; clean that up too.
DeleteRegValue HKCU "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
SetRegView 32
DeleteRegValue HKLM "${AUTOSTART_REG_KEY}" "${APP_NAME}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${REG_APP_PATH}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${UI_REG_APP_PATH}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${UNINSTALL_PATH}"
SetRegView 64
; Handle data deletion based on checkbox
DetailPrint "Checking if user requested data deletion..."

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@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
<RegistryValue Name="InstalledByMSI" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
<!-- Drop the HKCU Run\Netbird value written by legacy NSIS installers. -->
<Component Id="NetbirdLegacyHKCUCleanup" Guid="*">
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\NetBird GmbH\Installer"
Name="LegacyHKCUCleanup" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
<RemoveRegistryValue Root="HKCU"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" Name="Netbird" />
</Component>
</StandardDirectory>
<StandardDirectory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
@@ -76,10 +83,28 @@
</Directory>
</StandardDirectory>
<!-- Drop Run, App Paths and Uninstall entries written by legacy NSIS
installers into the 32-bit registry view (HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node). -->
<Component Id="NetbirdLegacyWow6432Cleanup" Directory="NetbirdInstallDir"
Guid="bda5d628-16bd-4086-b2c1-5099d8d51763" Bitness="always32">
<RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="Software\NetBird GmbH\Installer"
Name="LegacyWow6432Cleanup" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
<RemoveRegistryValue Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" Name="Netbird" />
<RemoveRegistryKey Action="removeOnInstall" Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Netbird" />
<RemoveRegistryKey Action="removeOnInstall" Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Netbird-ui" />
<RemoveRegistryKey Action="removeOnInstall" Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Netbird" />
</Component>
<ComponentGroup Id="NetbirdFilesComponent">
<ComponentRef Id="NetbirdFiles" />
<ComponentRef Id="NetbirdAumidRegistry" />
<ComponentRef Id="NetbirdAutoStart" />
<ComponentRef Id="NetbirdLegacyHKCUCleanup" />
<ComponentRef Id="NetbirdLegacyWow6432Cleanup" />
</ComponentGroup>
<util:CloseApplication Id="CloseNetBird" CloseMessage="no" Target="netbird.exe" RebootPrompt="no" />