How can I override or customize the uninstall confirmation dialog in Windows?
When we press the Shift+ key Delete, a delete confirmation dialog is created. I want to process this dialog according to my need or change its message. Can anyone tell me who is responsible for this dialogue?
I need to know the code that handles the delete confirmation dialog generated by the Shift+ key chain Deletein Windows XP, or the code with which we can control this operation.
I don't think what you want to do, it will be fun.
Im guessing you need to intercept the SHFileOperation function (and the IFileOperation interface for Vista)
This is what my google-fu got me on hijacking winapi: http://www.codeproject.com/kb/system/hooksys.aspx
You can take a look at this: http://easyhook.codeplex.com/
This project supports extending (intercepting) unmanaged code (API) from pure managed, from fully managed environment such as C #, using Windows 2000 SP4 and later ...
Good luck! =)
If you only want to mess up the dialog (change the displayed text, image, etc.), you can try changing resources with a free tool like Resource Hacker .
The uninstall dialog resources are found in the shell32.dll file on Windows XP (you only mentioned that version of Windows); run Resource Hacker and open the shell32.dll file, then look for the warning text "Are you sure you want to delete" and you will find:
CONTROL "Are you sure you want to delete '%1'?", 12295, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 41, 10, 220, 28
Now that should be only static text, but all dialog definition (buttons, etc.). I think that you can do it with a simple warning dialog - for example. "You are forbidden to delete anything!" and only the Cancel button.
One way to overcome restrictions on file deletion is to use NTFS security descriptors.
- Security descriptors
- Security Descriptor Operations
This way you change it in one place and don't have to worry about covering all cases to prevent the file from being deleted.