Hi!
Which versions of windows does NSIS support?
The documentation states:
"You can create a single installer that is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista."
Is windows 7 and 8 also supported?
Thanks
Ron
Windows Versions support
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I don't know how old the documentation is, but nsis should run on windows 7 and 8 reasonably well. I've been running it on windows 7 for the last few years without problems.
As long as you use RequestExecutionLevel user/admin/highest then your installer will work up to 8.1.
If you need to be able to detect Windows 8+ specifically (for example to extract specific files), you also need to use NSIS 3.0b2 (or this for NSIS 2.46; then use an updated WinVer.nsh for Windows 8+ detection).
Stu
If you need to be able to detect Windows 8+ specifically (for example to extract specific files), you also need to use NSIS 3.0b2 (or this for NSIS 2.46; then use an updated WinVer.nsh for Windows 8+ detection).
Stu
Just to be clear, the installer will work without RequestExecutionLevel but you are then subject to Windows compatibility shims applied by the setup detection mechanism and what they do is not documented. We know they move your shortcuts in the startmenu behind you back etc.