NSIS\NSIS Unicode and Windows 8

Archive: NSIS\NSIS Unicode and Windows 8

lior.mberg
23rd November 2011 09:15 UTC

NSIS\NSIS Unicode and Windows 8
Good morning!

1. Is there any news with NSIS\NSIS Unicode and Windows 8 support?
2. Does\Will NSIS support Windows 8?
3. What's is the forecast?:rolleyes:

Thanks
Lior

Anders
23rd November 2011 10:54 UTC

Not much has changed when it comes to installers compared to Win7 AFAIK

They will probably add another SupportedOS guid for the manifest but here is no way for us to add support for that until they publish the new guid @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx

MSG
23rd November 2011 11:08 UTC

Obvious question: Is the versionnumber already official? (Thinking of winver.nsh here.)

Anders
23rd November 2011 12:12 UTC

Originally posted by MSG
Obvious question: Is the versionnumber already official? (Thinking of winver.nsh here.)

No, probably not, and we have to wait for RTM for the build number...

sericss
4th September 2012 05:06 UTC

When will the new GUID be added to the build? Without this change it seems that the user must install in "Windows 7" mode.

Anders
5th September 2012 03:03 UTC

Originally posted by sericss
When will the new GUID be added to the build? Without this change it seems that the user must install in "Windows 7" mode.

As a quick hack you can probably use a hex editor to overwrite the Vista GUID with the Win8 GUID in makensis.exe (The Vista GUID is pointless since we also specify the Win7 GUID) or use !packhdr and resource hacker to change the manifest on a per file basis.

I assume the unicode fork will add support soon...

greenaj
27th December 2012 08:23 UTC

I solved this issue, here is a post http://www.level533.com/2012/12/add-...sis-installer/ on my blog.