LoRd_MuldeR 20th September 2011 12:18 UTC "RequestExecutionLevel" does nothing but adding a Manifest to the EXE file. This will trigger elevation on Vista+ systems that have UAC enabled. However it does absolutely nothing on pre-Vista systems as well as on Vista+ systems with UAC turned off. That's why you still need to check for Admin rights at runtime, as suggested all the time on the forum
Here are some upstream news: 0013202: CPack fails with latest prerelease NSIS Pls. check whether renaming the macro works on both NSIS versions (2.46 and 3.0b1): Variables - NSIS Documentation A symbol that contains the path where NSIS is installed. Useful if you want to reference resources that are in NSIS directory e.g. Icons, UIs etc. When compiled with support for keeping makensis and the data in the same place (the default on Windows), it is in the same place as makensis, on other platforms it is set at compile time (See the FIX: NSIS error "Error launching installer" - Appuals.com Repair Corrupt Edge Files. Download and run Reimage Plus to scan and restore corrupt and missing … Graphical Installer for NSIS Manual - Support for latest NSIS 3 release (3.0 Beta 3) - Support for latest NSIS 2 releases (2.47, 2.48, 2.49 and 2.50) - Many security issues were improved - Possible to switch between skinned and classic design by changing single line of script (GRAPHICAL_INSTALLER_PROJECT_UID) - Merged changes from NSIS releases into code
The big picture is to get your NSIS launcher to launch the app, but wait for it; when it ends, go clean up after it. The key is ExecWait, which puts the NSIS script to sleep while the app is running. When the app finishes, NSIS picks up at the next instruction. Is that what you are asking? Or do you need the exact commands for registry
The makensisw.exe in the NSIS installation folder is the actual compiler. It has a graphical front end that explains three ways to load scripts, so it's very easy to use. Once you have installed NSIS, to create an installer, copy a script into a text editor, save the file with a .nsi extension, and load the file into the makensisw compiler. RequestExecutionLevel user; Attempt to give the UAC plug-in a user process and an admin process. I used NSIS version 2.46, with UAC version 0.2.2d from here: Why do I get NSIS Error? The possible cause is : the downloaded file is either incomplete or modified from the original file. Now you may ask that- What does this message mean? The massage means that- The installer has failed a self-check. This means that for some actions, the installer file has been altered from its original form.
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