How to find Winamp's directory or Plugin directory

Archive: How to find Winamp's directory or Plugin directory

Flight16
13th July 2001 23:42 UTC

Let me first say I'm sorry if I didn't RTFM thoroughly enough (I DID read through the .nsi examples and all the docs I could find, as well as searching google and the nsis and plugin forums here)...

How can I get the location of Winamp's dir? What I'd really like is the plugin root dir. I've searched my registery for a key pointing to the directories.. or something of the sort, but I found nothing.

Thanks for your help,
Flight16

Gonzotek
14th July 2001 00:55 UTC

The closest I found is this:


Function .onVerifyInstDir
    IfFileExists $INSTDIR\Winamp.exe PathGood
      Abort ; if $INSTDIR is not a winamp directory, don't let us install there
    PathGood
  FunctionEnd

You might be able to use Winamp's Add/Remove uninstall infromation in the registry, as the uninstaller for Winamp is located in Winamp's base directory.

This help any?

DuaneJeffers
14th July 2001 01:55 UTC

This is a function for the DSP Path:

Function GetWinampDSPPath 
  ReadINIStr $OUTDIR $INSTDIR\winamp.ini Winamp DSPDir 
  StrCmp $OUTDIR "" NoINISetting
    IfFileExists $OUTDIR Good
  NoINISetting:
    StrCpy $OUTDIR $INSTDIR\Plugins
  Good:
FunctionEnd

Try that.