nsis Questions

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I am working on a job in relation with this page http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/external_extensions.html I wrote a NSIS script that is trying to auto install a chrome extensions. (Why...

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I have just started using NSIS. It works very well but I find the documentation a bit unstructured. How do I require user to uninstall previous version before installing a new version with NSIS? N...
Laryngology asked 5/4, 2009 at 20:31

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I want to create an installer for some programs on windows with cmake and cpack. I want to be able to select which programs to install and the selected programs shall show up in the start menu as s...
Bromidic asked 23/9, 2013 at 17:21

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I am attempting to remove one more step in my application's release process by automatically retrieving versioning info from my executable (in this case, a .NET application). Up to this point, I h...
Stound asked 18/11, 2011 at 20:22

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Is there anyway to include file by mention it with variable? I mean StrCpy $1 "bla.nsh" !include $1 ? or maybe getting value of variable that called by another variable such as: StrCpy $1 "EN"...
Erwin asked 18/8, 2013 at 17:29

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Is there any function which can cut string by letter index? I mean the X letters from the end? !define myString "abcdefg" I need to get for ex. "efg" i tried to do that with nsis strings functi...
Harkins asked 8/8, 2013 at 15:54

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I've already gone through: Check if the application is already installed Detecting if a program is already installed with NSIS http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Add_uninstall_information_to_Add/...
Crewelwork asked 3/5, 2010 at 20:5

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I have an .nsi file which I call via command-line to output the installer, like this: makensis fullPathToNsiScript This creates the installer in the folder where my nsi script is. I need to outp...
Fritzsche asked 23/7, 2013 at 16:16

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I want to install Java using an NSIS script, but i have to know whether Java is installed or not in the system (Windows). based on the register keys how can we check if Java is installed or not? C...
Face asked 15/2, 2011 at 6:1

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I want to do something like bash kill -9 `cat pid.txt` in Windows. I tried set /p mypid= < pid.txt && taskkill /f /pid %mypid% but it doesn't work, looks like %mypid% becomes assi...
Fisken asked 18/6, 2013 at 15:51

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I currently have two WIX installers for a product that I maintain. One for 32-bit operating systems, and one for 64-bit operating systems. Instead of maintaining two separate installers, I want to ...
Stelmach asked 20/6, 2012 at 19:18

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I'm launching my Windows application this way after the installation completes: !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_FUNCTION "LaunchApplication" ... Function LaunchApplication ExecShell "" "$INSTDIR\App...
Crepe asked 15/5, 2013 at 2:7

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I have a NSIS installer, here I have some components that user can choose to install: Section "Modules" SecModules SetOutPath "$INSTDIR" CreateDirectory $INSTDIR\modules ... SectionEnd Section...
Responsiveness asked 17/4, 2013 at 9:46

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I have a file 'releaseVersionNumber.txt' which I read during my build process; currently its read for my Mac build but I want to read it in my Windows NSIS build to reduce the number of edit locati...
Paravane asked 26/3, 2013 at 8:8

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probably I am not getting basics of pages and sections in nsis script. I have to analyse installation script which was not made by me. In the top of the script there are macros of MUI pages for ex...
Shep asked 8/3, 2013 at 12:13

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If I have file being copied using the following SetOutPath "$FOO_DIR" File "..\..\Bar.Dat" ... SetOutPath "$OTHER_FOO_DIR" File "..\..\Bar.Dat" Note that the file Bar.Dat is supposed to be cop...
Austral asked 12/7, 2012 at 6:17

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I have this issue: in the installer sections I have this; Section "Start Menu Shortcuts" SetShellVarContext current CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\myProgram" CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\myProgram...
Flyte asked 25/2, 2013 at 15:1

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I would like to prompt the user for extra information if a certain component is selected, but I'm not really sure how to check that a given component is selected. It seems like http://nsis.sourcefo...
Hanukkah asked 21/2, 2013 at 19:8

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In my NSIS installer i have a custom function where the user has 2 Radio Buttons. Selecting the first one and clicking "Next" installs the software. Selecting the second one (Browse) and clicking "...
Dilatation asked 19/2, 2013 at 16:2

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I want to change nsis welcome page default image in welcome screen so i am trying to use following code .But these are showing blank. CODE: !define MUI_HEADERIMAGE_BITMAP "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Grap...
Berwickupontweed asked 19/1, 2013 at 14:57

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I have an installer that can handle command-line parameters and /S silent installation. I recently upgraded the installer to better conform to standards for Vista / W7 UAC management by using the U...
Journal asked 3/1, 2013 at 15:18

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Is there any way to compile the Nullsoft Installer Script (NSI) setup as a MSI package instead of an EXE?
Highlands asked 7/12, 2009 at 7:40

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I'm using the following NSIS script: Name "My app wrapper" Outfile "MyAppSetup.exe" InstallDir $TEMP\MyApp\Install Function .onInit SetSilent silent FunctionEnd Section "" SetOutPath $TEMP\MyApp\...
Culinary asked 25/2, 2011 at 16:4

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I'd like to create a cross-platform installer for a C++ based system I am building. I use CMake to build everything, and it would be great if I could use CPack to make the installer. I already have...
Whilom asked 30/10, 2012 at 17:6

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I'm after some code snippets for NSIS to detect and conditionally run the .NET 4.5 installer This answer - NSIS Installer with .NET 4.0 - is too naive as checking only the presense of the registry...
Hendecahedron asked 11/10, 2012 at 22:11

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