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bug #13304: Windows installer needs to ask for install directory

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sun 05 Jun 2005 07:03:46 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  lorien420
Open/Closed:  Closed Operating System:  None

Mon 12 Dec 2005 08:56:52 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Fixed in CVS

Andrew Sayman <lorien420>
Group administrator
Wed 17 Aug 2005 04:38:28 PM UTC, comment #3: 

The file nsis_script.diff.gz seems to be corrupted, so I've attached a already-patched version of the script.

Anonymous
Mon 25 Jul 2005 07:28:47 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Till Schuberth stepped up to the plate. This patch hasn't been applied or tested yet, but it will be soon.

Andrew Sayman <lorien420>
Group administrator
Fri 01 Jul 2005 09:57:58 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Okay, this is an anonymous poster, so not much chance of getting your help.

Is there anybody out there willing to clean this up and make the changes? The truth is that Windows is not our primary development platform, and not our primary target. I think Webb and I would love it if somebody else handled tweaking this installer to be more functional for Windows users.

Andrew Sayman <lorien420>
Group administrator
Sun 05 Jun 2005 07:03:46 PM UTC, original submission:  

The current NSIS install script attempts to install to "Program Files" only. This will fail if the user does not have write permissions for that directory.

Suggestion:
try adding
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
to the package_script.nsi file.

Also, is it possible to not write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE because restricted users do not have access to that part of the registry.
The installer should write to HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead.
Try changing HKLM to HKCU in your installer script.

Of course, this will likely install "only for the installing user", so the right thing to do is add an option "install for all users" too.

Anonymous

 

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Attached Files
file #3374:  package_script.nsi added by None (32KiB - application/octet-stream - NSIS-script)
file #3270:  nsis_script.diff.gz added by lorien420 (2KiB - application/x-gzip)

 

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Follow 4 latest changes.

Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
2005-12-12 lorien420 Assigned toNone lorien420
    Open/ClosedOpen Closed
2005-08-17 None Attached File- Added package_script.nsi, #2835
2005-07-25 lorien420 Attached File- Added nsis_script.diff.gz, #2739

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