SetShellVarContext with variables

I'm struggling with variables again.

I want to read "all useres" or "current user" out of an ini-file, but it doesn't work this way:

Section "install"

ReadINIStr $0 $INSTDIR/Setup.ini USER AUTOSTART

SetShellVarContext "$0"

CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Startup\App.lnk" "$INSTDIR\App.exe"

SectionEnd

I tried $0 with and without double quotes. It doesn't compile.

First I thought SetShellVarContext is just working on compiletime, but as I used "all" or "current" instead of $0 within a Section, there were no problems.

Any ideas?

Use an If?

Stu

To do what?

🙄

${If} $0 == current

  SetShellVarContext current

${Else}

  SetShellVarContext all

${EndIf}

Stu

Thanks for your help, but unfortunately that doesn't do the job... 🙄


The second SetShellVarContext parameter is always used. I checked it both ways.

Solved!

@Afrow UK: I guess your code didn't work for me, because I don't have LogicLib installed...?

I solved the problem with the StrCmp instruction. That's basically what you suggested:

ReadINIStr $0 $INSTDIR\Setup.ini USER AUTOSTART

StrCmp $0 "current" 0 else

SetShellVarContext current

Goto endStrCmp

else:

SetShellVarContext all

endStrCmp:

CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Startup\App.lnk" "$INSTDIR\App.exe"

Thanks for the hint...! 👍

You do have LogicLib; it is included with NSIS. If you aren't using MUI2 (which you should be) then just !include LogicLib.nsh.

Edit: Actually your code wouldn't have compiled if you didn't include LogicLib so not sure what the problem was there.

Stu