Using 7zip to decompile nsis script

parasoulOctober 3, 2015 at 6:23 PM#

Using 7zip to decompile nsis script

I've been reading that there's a way with 7zip to decompile the internal NSIS script... But from 7z's UI and commandline options I don't see how to possibly do this

Anyone know?

Thanks

LoRd_MuldeROctober 3, 2015 at 7:13 PM#

7-Zip can open NSIS installers just like any other type of (SFX) archive that it supports:

That's it 😉

AndersOctober 3, 2015 at 8:35 PM#

One of the older 7zip betas did decompile the .nsi as well but the output is not something you can just pass to makensis...

LoRd_MuldeROctober 3, 2015 at 8:42 PM#

Originally Posted by Anders View Post

One of the older 7zip betas did decompile the .nsi as well but the output is not something you can just pass to makensis...

Interesting. I'm using the latest 7-Zip 15.08 beta and it doesn't seem to have the "capability" anymore.

YathoshoOctober 4, 2015 at 3:14 PM#

Originally Posted by LoRd_MuldeR View Post

Interesting. I'm using the latest 7-Zip 15.08 beta and it doesn't seem to have the "capability" anymore.

That was removed fairly soon after its introduction many years ago (see original thread)