Monitor an installation done with NSIS

re_king_efgwr4w · 3rd February 2005, 07:19

I have this installer here, and I want to be able to monitor or somehow find out what it actually does when installing? It doesn't seem to remove everything when I uninstall it and I want to find out what it is.

I assume it's not possible to decompile the installer?

Yathosho · 3rd February 2005, 10:53

decompiling is not possible, i recommend the free monitor tools from sysinternals. they might not be able to monitor everything the installer does, but they can monitor file and registry activity. if that ain't enough, spyxx (comes with visual studio) might be a solution.

Jnuw · 3rd February 2005, 21:31

Sometime holding down the SHIFT key while moving between NSIS pages will give you a logging option, you could try that.

3rd February 2005, 07:19	#1
re_king_efgwr4w Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1	Monitor an installation done with NSIS I have this installer here, and I want to be able to monitor or somehow find out what it actually does when installing? It doesn't seem to remove everything when I uninstall it and I want to find out what it is. I assume it's not possible to decompile the installer?

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3rd February 2005, 21:31	#3
Jnuw Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wisconsin, US Posts: 258	Sometime holding down the SHIFT key while moving between NSIS pages will give you a logging option, you could try that.