ehsansad
18th April 2012 15:25 UTC

Resume after reboot
Hello,

Is it possible to resume the installation process after rebooting the system?

thanks,
ehsan

{_trueparuex^}
18th April 2012 16:29 UTC

Yes, but there's no simple "do this" solution for it. You have to manage the resuming process yourself.

Basically, what you need to do is add an entry to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Runonce, or in some other auto start key, that starts the installer on next start-up. Use some command-line switch so the installer knows it's resuming the install process.

E.g. This will start the installer on next start-up with "/resume" command-line switch.

WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Runonce" "InstallResume" '"$EXEPATH" /resume'

ehsansad
19th April 2012 11:26 UTC

thanks

Afrow UK
19th April 2012 12:05 UTC

You may find it easier to put the 2nd part in another executable (i.e. another NSIS script) and extract that to temp. You can use the SelfDel plug-in to delete it on finish.

Stu

andyou111
21st May 2012 02:39 UTC

Originally posted by {_trueparuex^}
Yes, but there's no simple "do this" solution for it. You have to manage the resuming process yourself.

Basically, what you need to do is add an entry to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Runonce, or in some other auto start key, that starts the installer on next start-up. Use some command-line switch so the installer knows it's resuming the install process.

E.g. This will start the installer on next start-up with "/resume" command-line switch.

WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Runonce" "InstallResume" '"$EXEPATH" /resume'

You need to write code that checks if the installer was started with the command-line switch and then adjust the install process accordingly.

PaR