kcostain
4th November 2002 21:42 UTC

Using the $Desktop Directive with Delete
Hello,

I am using NSIS 1.98. I have been trying to delete Desktop shortcuts in my Uninstall section. The following is my code:

Section Uninstall
SetShellVarContext "Current"
Delete "$DESKTOP\L1.lnk"
Delete "$DESKTOP\L2.lnk"
Delete "$DESKTOP\L1Uninstall.lnk"
DeleteRegKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\L1"
DeleteRegKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\L1"
Delete "$INSTDIR\*.*"
RMDir "$INSTDIR"
SectionEnd

I am using Windows XP and I have the permission to delete these files. It doesnt matter where the Delete directive is, or if I use the SetShellVarContext, it still fails.


Any Ideas?
Kevin Costain

kichik
5th November 2002 15:37 UTC

Do you get the right directory when you use:

MessageBox MB_OK $DESKTOP?

kcostain
5th November 2002 15:46 UTC

Thanks..
That was it.. I had the wrong directory, once I fixed that - it worked..

Kevin

kichik
5th November 2002 15:53 UTC

I don't understand... Did NSIS get the desktop folder wrong or did you just needed some other folder?

kcostain
5th November 2002 16:40 UTC

If I was to look at it, I was trying to change the Context of the folders assuming that the default context was "All" (I had set this using a SetShellVarContext "All" command in an earlier section), this wasn't working with or without the command:

SetShellVarContext "Current"

The key here is, once I used MessageBox to debug the actual directory, I was able to see that the default was "current" and I needed to set "All" again.

Thanks for the help...

Kevin

kichik
5th November 2002 17:14 UTC

Please note that there is a bug with SetShellVarContext All and Windows 9x in NSIS 1.98. Instead of falling back to current it will give you the temp folder. This bug has been fixed in NSIS 2.

kcostain
6th November 2002 01:05 UTC

Thanks for the info, how can I get a copy of NSIS 2? I looked at the http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/ page and 1.98 is still there.... ?

hotice
6th November 2002 01:11 UTC

Originally posted by kcostain
Thanks for the info, how can I get a copy of NSIS 2? I looked at the http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/ page and 1.98 is still there.... ?

kcostain
6th November 2002 01:14 UTC

I've been there... only a pre-release is available.. I guess I could use that but I'm not sure if that will create more problems then its worth...

virtlink
6th November 2002 10:58 UTC

Originally posted by kcostain
Thanks for the info, how can I get a copy of NSIS 2? I looked at the http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/ page and 1.98 is still there.... ?

Originally posted by hotice
pls visit nsis.sf.net

Originally posted by kcostain
I've been there... only a pre-release is available.. I guess I could use that but I'm not sure if that will create more problems then its worth...