The use of software packaging NSIs

About NSIs

1, NSIs Introduction

(1) What is NSIs?

A free Win32 installation, uninstall system!

(2) What are the characteristics of NSIs?

The script is simple and efficient, the system overhead is small, installs, uninstalls, sets up, extracts the file to be able to do nothing, almost can do all things.

2. Tools

NSIS Edit + NSIS

3. How to use

Script Wizard + Modify code = Personalize the installation package

Preparing files

Here are all the files I will be packaging, the installation package directory structure (including: executable program, plug-in library, run-time library, authorization file, uninstall program icon and so on!). ) as shown: (omitted)

Depending on the wizard, you can generate a script, save and compile to package the build installation package! Very convenient.

Specific changes to the method of self-inspection, here is not introduced.

Here is a concise version of the footsteps, with the installation and the complete Uninstall function Example:

; author: tinyms;date: 2011-06-22;usage: replace nsis/contrib/zip2exe/modern.nsh; requestexecutionlevel none|user|highest|admin ; requestexecutionlevel user !include  "Mui.nsh"!insertmacro mui_page_directory!insertmacro  MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE  "Simpchinese"  !define NAME  "Your EXE name" "Modify your own installation package icoicon " D:/logo.ico " Section    SetOutPath  $INSTDIR \${name}\ bin        ; the shortcut to modify your EXE location to point to     createshortcut   $DESKTOP \${name}.lnk  $INSTDIR \${name}\bin\${name}.exe    setshellvarcontext  All        ; Modify the shortcut of your EXE location to point to      createshortcut  $SMPROGRAMS \${name}.lnk  $INSTDIR \${name}\bin\${name}.exe     writeregstr hklm  "Software\${name}"   "" " " $INSTDIR "        ; can have delete item in Control Panel     WriteRegStr HKLM  "Software\microsoft\windows\ Currentversion\uninstall\${name} " " DisplayName " " ${name} "    WriteRegStr  hklm  "Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\${name}"   "UninstallString"   "$INSTDIR \${name}\uninst.exe "'     WriteUninstaller " $INSTDIR \${name}\uninst.exe "sectionend  Section  "Uninstall"     Delete  $DESKTOP \${name}.lnk     setshellvarcontext all    delete  $SMPROGRAMS \${name}.lnk     deleteregkey hklm  "Software\${name}"     DeleteRegKey HKLM  "software\ Microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\${name} "    RMDir /r " $INSTDIR " Sectionend

The use of software packaging NSIs