To make your application uninstallable, you must create a section and name it "Uninstall. And that's it! When compiling your script, NSIS will look for a section called "Uninstall" and if so, will create an.
Here is an example of an uninstall section the parts that are need to make your application uninstallable are colored :. Creating Start Menu Items. To create start menu items, you just need to use the functions CreateDirectory and CreateShortCut to add links to the start menu. The following is a small example on creating shortcuts.
Please read the User's Manual and go to the Forums for information on creating different kinds of shortcuts. In a section which is installing files:. The above statements will create a program group in your start menu called "Rizwan Inc.
If you have created shortcuts, then you should also remove them when you are uninstalling. This is done in the same way as deleting any other file or folder. For example, under the Uninstall section:. Section "Uninstall" ; Delete the files and folders we created during install ; NSIS and Java. Let's make an installer for a Java application.
Java applications are started with a "java MyApplication" kind of call. That is, it is a call to the Java Virtual Machine java.
Java applications are not much different from regular Windows applications, except for that they are not. Checking for a Java Runtime Environment. If the system doesn't have a JRE installed, then it won't be able to launch java applications. The JRE from Sun Microsystems is freely available to download and can be freely distributed as well, so that is another strategy for ensuring that java is installed.
We could just download the JRE installer from Sun Microsystems, and then provide that as part of the installation. How do you run a program from the installer? However, Exec runs the command and continues immediately; it is a non-blocking call. What we would like is for the JRE to install and then continue on with the rest of the installation. For that reason, use ExecWait. Just make sure that the JRE installer is first extracted with the File command to either a temp directory or the install directory first and then execute that.
Environment Variables. How does a java application find all the classes that it uses? Setting the working directory. In almost all operating systems, a call can be made to an executable file from anywhere. Suppose you have MyApplication. To run MyApplication. Like this:. This kind of example works in Unix as well of course, the directories wouldn't be starting with "C:".
What is different about these two program calls. The working directory of each application is different. The working directory is the directory from which the application is launched.
As you have seen, it doesn't necessarily have to be the directory where the program is installed. Go to your start menu, and under programs, find a shortcut. Right-click on this shortcut and now in the new window, look at the text box labelled "Start In:".
That is the working directory of that application. How do we make sure that the working directory in our shortcuts are where we want them to be?
Look back to the first example where we created start menu shortcuts. Notice that we have set an Outpath for copying files. If you would like to change the working directory of a shortcut, then simply change the OutPath to what you would like, create the shortcut, and then, if you want, change the OutPath back.
Creating Start Menu shortcuts for running java. Typically, the target of a shortcut in the start menu is a simple. If you look at any shortcut's properties in your start menu, you may notice that the "Target" field is in quotations. For simple targets, Windows likes to put quotes around the entire call. What happens when you have a target that takes in some kind of command line parameter?
For example, you have a. The call to the function would have to be something like:. How to Fix makensis. Step 1: Restore your PC back to the latest restore point, "snapshot", or backup image before error occurred. In the search results, find and click System Restore. Follow the steps in the System Restore Wizard to choose a relevant restore point.
Restore your computer to that backup image. If the Step 1 fails to resolve the makensis. If this Step 2 fails as well, please proceed to the Step 3 below.
In the Windows Update dialog box, click " Check for Updates " or similar button depending on your Windows version If updates are available for download, click " Install Updates ". After the update is completed, restart your PC. Please follow the steps below to download and properly replace you file: Locate your Windows operating system version in the list of below "Download makensis.
Click the appropriate "Download Now" button and download your Windows file version. Download makensis. Files Related to makensis. Windows Executable Game Maker Studio 2 2. Other Files Related to makensis. Music Application. Entertainment Platform Windows Executable. Game Maker Studio 2 2. Fronkensteen 1. Installer for GameMaker Studio 2. GameMaker Studio 2 2. Extensible Markup Language. With a shortcut? If it's a shortcut, delete it, it's invalid. Again, you can't just replace the files.
The registry settings have changed. Why would you want to compile nsisconf. That is a config file. Btw, it no longer exists anyways in the lastest snapshot. The second log is because you do not have the correct registry settings. I would tell you what to do but Kichik already told you twice :. When I click on Makensis I have a dos windows which open and close immediately. So open makensisw.
Besides, it is far more comfortable to right a click a script and use compile nsi inmho. If you want the shortcut back, compile the new makensis. It says it in the usage you just copied You make the nsi file yourself. It is just a text file.
NSIS doesnt have anything to do with how you create the file, it just knows how to compile it. You should also update your script to make it compatible with the new Modern UI version.
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