Add/Remove Programs, what am i doing wrong

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statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 1:43 PM#

Add/Remove Programs, what am i doing wrong

why is this not showing up in the Add/Remove programs list?

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "ABC" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "ABC" "$INSTDIR\ABC.exe"

many thanks.

kichikAugust 8, 2003 at 1:49 PM#

The value name (ABC) is wrong and some values are missing. Take a look at the following page for more information about adding entries to the Add/Remove control panel:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/viewpage.php?pageid=103

Joost VerburgAugust 8, 2003 at 1:51 PM#

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" \

"DisplayName" "ABC" 



WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" \

"UninstllString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

JoelAugust 8, 2003 at 1:54 PM#

'cuase you need this:



WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${MUI_PRODUCT} ${MUI_VERSION}" \

"DisplayName" "App name"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${MUI_PRODUCT} ${MUI_VERSION}" \

"UninstallString" "uninst-app.exe"

/just for a couple of secs. 😁

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 2:00 PM#

i am sorry, i am not that great w/ this stuff.

whats {mui_product} represent? if thats my product, what would i do w/ the example I gave, w/ "ABC"?

Joost VerburgAugust 8, 2003 at 2:33 PM#

See my example.

Afrow UKAugust 8, 2003 at 2:33 PM#

That is for Modern UI installer
You should have
!define MUI_PRODUCT "my app name"
at the top of your nsi file.
If you aren't using Modern UI (you should be!!) then replace ${MUI_PRODUCT} with the directory representing your product.

-Stu

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 4:15 PM#

so i have,

!define MUI_PRODUCT "ABC"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${$INSTDIR\ABC.exe} ${MUI_VERSION}" \ "DisplayName" "App name"

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${$INSTDIR\ABC.exe} ${MUI_VERSION}" \ "UninstallString" "uninst.exe"

please help me out...

Joost VerburgAugust 8, 2003 at 4:20 PM#

What's wrong with my example above? Didn't it work?

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 4:26 PM#

no, it didnt work. sorry 🙂

rainwaterAugust 8, 2003 at 4:40 PM#

Originally posted by Joost Verburg
What's wrong with my example above? Didn't it work?

"UninstllString" -> "UninstallString"

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 4:49 PM#

still didnt work 🙁

rainwaterAugust 8, 2003 at 4:59 PM#

Originally posted by statblaster
still didnt work 🙁

What about it doesn't work. What are you using? I have done this a million times and have never known it not to work:



  WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "DisplayName" "ABC 1.2.3" 

  WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ABC" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 5:12 PM#

its just not showing up in the add/ remove directory. i have attached the code:

WriteRegStr HKLM SOFTWARE\StatBlaster "Install_Dir" "$INSTDIR"
WriteRegStr HKLM SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "UpdateStats" "$INSTDIR\UpdateStats.exe"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StatBlaster" \"DisplayName" "StatBlaster"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StatBlaster" \"UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

rainwaterAugust 8, 2003 at 5:14 PM#

Why do you have \ in the line if its all on one line?

statblasterAugust 8, 2003 at 5:16 PM#

what do you mean?

kichikAugust 8, 2003 at 5:18 PM#

You have copied Joost's code wrongly. The line breaks are supposed to be there and the back-slashes in the end of the line tell NSIS to treat the next line as an extension to the current line. If you join the lines you have to remove those back-slashes.