Add/Remove Programs, what am i doing wrong

statblaster
8th August 2003 16:43 UTC

Add/Remove Programs, what am i doing wrong
why is this not showing up in the Add/Remove programs list?

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "ABC" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "ABC" "$INSTDIR\ABC.exe"

many thanks.

kichik
8th August 2003 16:49 UTC

The value name (ABC) is wrong and some values are missing. Take a look at the following page for more information about adding entries to the Add/Remove control panel:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/...php?pageid=103

Joost Verburg
8th August 2003 16:51 UTC

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" \
"DisplayName" "ABC" 

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" \
"UninstllString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

Joel
8th August 2003 16:54 UTC

'cuase you need this:


WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${MUI_PRODUCT} ${MUI_VERSION}" \
"DisplayName" "App name"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${MUI_PRODUCT} ${MUI_VERSION}" \
"UninstallString" "uninst-app.exe"

/just for a couple of secs. :D

statblaster
8th August 2003 17:00 UTC

i am sorry, i am not that great w/ this stuff.

whats {mui_product} represent? if thats my product, what would i do w/ the example I gave, w/ "ABC"?

Joost Verburg
8th August 2003 17:33 UTC

See my example.

Afrow UK
8th August 2003 17:33 UTC

That is for Modern UI installer
You should have
!define MUI_PRODUCT "my app name"
at the top of your nsi file.
If you aren't using Modern UI (you should be!!) then replace ${MUI_PRODUCT} with the directory representing your product.

-Stu

statblaster
8th August 2003 19:15 UTC

so i have,

!define MUI_PRODUCT "ABC"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${$INSTDIR\ABC.exe} ${MUI_VERSION}" \ "DisplayName" "App name"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${$INSTDIR\ABC.exe} ${MUI_VERSION}" \ "UninstallString" "uninst.exe"

please help me out...

Joost Verburg
8th August 2003 19:20 UTC

What's wrong with my example above? Didn't it work?

statblaster
8th August 2003 19:26 UTC

no, it didnt work. sorry :)

rainwater
8th August 2003 19:40 UTC

Originally posted by Joost Verburg
What's wrong with my example above? Didn't it work?

"UninstllString" -> "UninstallString"

statblaster
8th August 2003 19:49 UTC

still didnt work :(

rainwater
8th August 2003 19:59 UTC

Originally posted by statblaster
still didnt work :(

What about it doesn't work. What are you using? I have done this a million times and have never known it not to work:


  WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "DisplayName" "ABC 1.2.3" 
  WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"

statblaster
8th August 2003 20:12 UTC

its just not showing up in the add/ remove directory. i have attached the code:

WriteRegStr HKLM SOFTWARE\StatBlaster "Install_Dir" "$INSTDIR"
WriteRegStr HKLM SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "UpdateStats" "$INSTDIR\UpdateStats.exe"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StatBlaster" \"DisplayName" "StatBlaster"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StatBlaster" \"UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

rainwater
8th August 2003 20:14 UTC

Why do you have \ in the line if its all on one line?

statblaster
8th August 2003 20:16 UTC

what do you mean?

kichik
8th August 2003 20:18 UTC

You have copied Joost's code wrongly. The line breaks are supposed to be there and the back-slashes in the end of the line tell NSIS to treat the next line as an extension to the current line. If you join the lines you have to remove those back-slashes.