install each folder in different locations

devguy · 13th November 2011, 17:46

Hello I've been given the task of editing an existing nsis script and I am totaly new to all this and under a tight timeline constraint.

I have a layout where I have two folders: 'Data' and 'Executable'

Right now everything is getting copied to 'program files/MyCoolApp'
My section code looks something like this:

Section "MainSection" SEC01
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
SetOverwrite ifnewer

File /r /x "*.nsi" ""

CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\MyCoolApp"
SectionEnd

The change I have to make is:

1) install everything in the current folder and under "Executable" folder to 'program files/MyCoolApp'

2) nstall the Data folder and all it's contents to the application data location on windows under a sub-folder 'MyCoolApp'

Can someone please help me with what needs to be changed. I would like to do both operations from inside the same section.

Thanks!

Anders · 13th November 2011, 22:19

Installing to $programfiles AND appdata is problematic because of UAC, you should install the default data in $programfiles\yourapp\data or the all users profile and then your application should copy that data to the users appdata folder on first run...

devguy · 14th November 2011, 01:55

OK I figured out that I can use a hidden section to perform the copy of the Data folder, something like this will work

Section -AddData
SetOutPath "c:\MyCoolApp"
SetOverwrite ifnewer
File /r Data
SectionEnd

Also with section MainSection, I just had to add a exclude rule to the File op, like so:
File /r /x Data /x "*.nsi" ""

13th November 2011, 17:46	#1
devguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2	install each folder in different locations Hello I've been given the task of editing an existing nsis script and I am totaly new to all this and under a tight timeline constraint. I have a layout where I have two folders: 'Data' and 'Executable' Right now everything is getting copied to 'program files/MyCoolApp' My section code looks something like this: Section "MainSection" SEC01 SetOutPath "$INSTDIR" SetOverwrite ifnewer File /r /x ".nsi" "" CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\MyCoolApp" SectionEnd The change I have to make is: 1) install everything in the current folder and under "Executable" folder to 'program files/MyCoolApp' 2) nstall the Data folder and all it's contents to the application data location on windows under a sub-folder 'MyCoolApp' Can someone please help me with what needs to be changed. I would like to do both operations from inside the same section. Thanks! Last edited by devguy; 13th November 2011 at 18:51.*

13th November 2011, 22:19	#2
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,449	Installing to $programfiles AND appdata is problematic because of UAC, you should install the default data in $programfiles\yourapp\data or the all users profile and then your application should copy that data to the users appdata folder on first run... IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

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14th November 2011, 01:55	#3
devguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2	OK I figured out that I can use a hidden section to perform the copy of the Data folder, something like this will work Section -AddData SetOutPath "c:\MyCoolApp" SetOverwrite ifnewer File /r Data SectionEnd Also with section MainSection, I just had to add a exclude rule to the File op, like so: File /r /x Data /x "*.nsi" ""