grahama
21st October 2004 22:04 UTC

auto run manners ?
I have a nsis installer that I would like to launch automatically once downloaded...

do I need to do something to the nsis file to make it auto-run once downloaded to the user's desktop...like make it self-extracting?

also, am I breaking any 'rules' by doing this ?
Is it better manners to let the user double click on the nsis app to launch it instead ?

a good portion of my users will be on corporate networks. I heard some of those networks delete any .exe file downloaded automatically.

from those who are experienced with this sort of thing, what would best serve the user ?

kichik
22nd October 2004 12:50 UTC

It's up for the browser to decide whether to execute your installer automatically or not. This post contains some information about doing this with IE.

grahama
22nd October 2004 21:41 UTC

thanks...I'll check that out
I looked in the archives for an example...does anyone using nsis have a working example of something like this

NSIS is great by the way...my app launcher/installer runs quite wonderfully