cadsmn
10th May 2009 23:55 UTC

nsExec & Vista problem
I am fairly new to NSIS and am using an installer script that I have inherited with the application I am supporting. I am trying to make an installer that will work on Vista but am having issues getting nsExec to run my database installer that is part of the application. nsExec is returning "error" and I can't figure out why. I am not having the problem on XP.

Here is my line of code:
nsExec::ExecToLog '"$INSTDIR\${DB_SETUP_DIR}\${DB_SETUP_FILE}" -s -f1"$INSTDIR\${DB_RESPONSE_FILE}" -f2"$INSTDIR\${DB_LOG_FILE}"'

I am able to install the database manually from the command line when logged in as administrator using the same command line switches for the executable so I know that it works.

Any help is appreciated.

Anders
11th May 2009 00:31 UTC

you have "requestexecutionlevel admin" in your script?

cadsmn
11th May 2009 01:11 UTC

Yes

dbach
13th May 2009 17:13 UTC

I had (or still have) the same issue here. I fixed it with an workaround:

Instead of:
nsExec::ExecToLog '"z:\startup\framework\UAC_settings.exe"'
... I now use ...
nsExec::ExecToLog '"$SYSDIR\cmd.exe" /C "z:\startup\framework\UAC_settings.exe"'

Hope this works for you too.