jankofoed
27th January 2003 10:47 UTC

msvcrt.dll
I have tried to make a very small nsis script for upgrading a dll (msvcrt.dll). I use the macro UpgradeDLL from the documentation (Useful function, B.10). I can see in the registry that a pending rename function is inserted. Its intensions seems to be right. The syntax is a little cryptic (some ?? and a !).

I do not see any effect, the old msvcrt.dll version is kept.

I have tried to enable boot-logging, but I see nothing there.

I am using Windows 2000, and NSIS v2.0b0

Best regards,
Jan Eggert Kofoed

kichik
27th January 2003 11:32 UTC

Please attach the script and the registry key that is written (just copy and paste it).

jankofoed
27th January 2003 11:41 UTC

My script is as follows
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!include jk.txt
Name "FORCE Technology (jk's test)"
InstallDir "c:\Programs\SimFlexNavigator"
OutFile jk.exe
Section ""
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
!insertmacro UpgradeDLL "msvcrt.dll" "$SYSDIR\msvcrt.dll"
SectionEnd
------------------------
I have a copy of msvcrt.dll where I run the scipts. I can see that the correct file is stored in the temp-directory.
With REGEDIT I find
Folder: My Computer/HKLM/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/Session Manager
Name : PendingFileRenameOperations
Type : REG_MULTI_SZ
Data : \??\C:\DOCUME~1\ADMIN~1.PC0\LOCALS~1\Temp\nst1.tmp !\??\C:\WINNT\System32\msvcrt.dll
(Data is one long line).

Thank you very much for your quick respons.

Best regards,
Jan

kichik
27th January 2003 11:50 UTC

Is the temporary file deleted or does it stay in $TEMP?

BTW, that cryptic syntax is for NT's long paths.

jankofoed
27th January 2003 11:54 UTC

The file IS deleted from $TEMP, and the pending file rename is removed from the registry, so an attempt IS being made. I don't know whether the dll is locked very early on in the boot sequence.

(What I found cryptic was the use of ? and ! :-)

kichik
27th January 2003 12:07 UTC

I will test this later on my computer. For now, try using the latest CVS version.

jankofoed
27th January 2003 12:33 UTC

Thanx again for your very fast replies!!!

I have downloaded "Development Snapshot" dated 20020127 (i.e. today), and built all three projects, using the new version of makensis.exe and created a new installation (jk.exe). I get the same result.
The existing dll in c:/winnt/system32 is from May 2001, version 6.1.8924.0
The file nst1.tmp placed in (and subsequently removed from) $TEMP is version 6.1.9359.0

Best regards,
Jan

Joost Verburg
27th January 2003 13:42 UTC

The file is probably protected by Windows File Protection, so you can't upgrade it. Only Microsoft Service Packs can upgrade it.