burn_mame
21st September 2003 18:51 UTC

can install file be de-complied?
If you know that an install file was written with NSIS can that
file be de-compiled?

Thanks in advance...and I hope my questions are not too newbie.....I did read docs and faqs and the such.

Ryland

dselkirk
21st September 2003 19:35 UTC

There were several thread on that subject but I don't think there was any real progress.

http://forums.winamp.com/search.php?...der=descending

Joost Verburg
21st September 2003 19:37 UTC

Short answer: No

Long answer: It is almost impossible to decompile a NSIS installer.

First of all, you can't get back the information that is being processed by the compiler (names of varialbles labels etc., interface setting that result in resource changes, the whole script structure with includes, macros).

Second, decompiling the actual coomands is very dificult. If you know the exact NSIS version, NSIS has not been recompiled etc. there might be a possibility, but it will take a lot of time.

So even if you could decompile the commands, you won't get anything useful.

burn_mame
21st September 2003 19:38 UTC

well thank you anyway