Find AIM Directory - NSIS Forums

Shea
10th February 2004 01:13 UTC

Find AIM Directory
I need to find the directory that AIM is installed in, how can I do this?

buz
10th February 2004 01:21 UTC

get the value of this registry key:
"HKCU\Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\AppPath" ""

you will get the full path to the app, for example: "C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe"

Shea
10th February 2004 01:45 UTC

Ya but I'm kinda new to this, how can I use that info to install a file there?

deguix
10th February 2004 03:21 UTC

Example (Not tested, I don't have AIM):

ReadRegStr $0 "HCKU" \
"Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\AppPath" \
""

SetOutPath $0
File "FileName.ext"

Where "FileName.ext" is the file name wanted to be installed in the folder found.

Vytautas
10th February 2004 03:26 UTC

deguix, would you not have to remove the aim.exe from the end of the path? I also don't have aim so I can't test but the previous poster said that that command returned the path + aim.exe appended to it.

Vytautas

buz
10th February 2004 13:48 UTC

if you use this somewhere at the begining of your script, then $INSTDIR should hold the path to AIM's folder.

InstallDirRegKey HKCU \
"Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\AppPath" \
""

this seems to remove "aim.exe" from the path.