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How to delete the own program after its finish
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Title: How to delete the own program after its finish
procedure DeleteEXE;
function GetTmpDir: string;
var
pc: PChar;
begin
pc := StrAlloc(MAX_PATH + 1);
GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, pc);
Result := string(pc);
StrDispose(pc);
end;
function GetTmpFileName(ext: string): string;
var
pc: PChar;
begin
pc := StrAlloc(MAX_PATH + 1);
GetTempFileName(PChar(GetTmpDir), 'uis', 0, pc);
Result := string(pc);
Result := ChangeFileExt(Result, ext);
StrDispose(pc);
end;
var
batchfile: TStringList;
batchname: string;
begin
batchname := GetTmpFileName('.bat');
FileSetAttr(ParamStr(0), 0);
batchfile := TStringList.Create;
with batchfile do
begin
try
Add(':Label1');
Add('del "' + ParamStr(0) + '"');
Add('if Exist "' + ParamStr(0) + '" goto Label1');
Add('rmdir "' + ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + '"');
Add('del ' + batchname);
SaveToFile(batchname);
ChDir(GetTmpDir);
ShowMessage('Uninstalling program...');
WinExec(PChar(batchname), SW_HIDE);
finally
batchfile.Free;
end;
Halt;
end;
end;
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