Uninstalling files harvested through Files

[jb455]

Question

Hi, I have a Wix v5 project working where I gather all the dependencies for my app using the Files tag, like this:

[in Package.wxs]
<Package ...>
<?define MainOutputDir = $(var.SolutionDir)/ProjectDir/bin/$(var.Configuration)/net8.0-windows ?>
<Feature Id="App">
	<!-- Include all files & subdirectories from output folder -->
	<Files Include="$(var.MainOutputDir)/**" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" >
	</Files>
</Feature>
</Package>

It works great for installing but I noticed that when I uninstall the app using the MSI all the files are left in the INSTALLFOLDER directory. How can I flag that these files need to be deleted when the app is uninstalled? It seems like this should be simple but I'm struggling to find a way to do it!

Thanks!

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[robmen]

It should just work. There is something else going awry. A verbose log file will show you why the files were not scheduled to be removed.