can't copy to windows system directory

[installer]

Hi,

I am trying to create an installer that will copy a dll to the windows/system32 directory.

I can not get it to work.
I have tried the following options before including the dll in the code:

code:
  SetOutPath "$SYSDIR" -> no error, no copy

  SetOutPath "$WINDIR\system" -> no error, no copy

  SetOutPath "$WINDIR\system32" -> copy to the windows/syswow64 directory

I did run the installer as administrator every time.

Clearly I must be doing something wrong. Could anyone be so kind to point me in the right direction?

Kind regards,

i.

[Anders]

Are you requesting administrator privileges?

Installing dlls in system32 is generally not a good idea, you are just creating dll hell.

You should also take a look at the library helper macros that ship with NSIS...

[installer]

hi, thanks for your reply.
I am not asking for admin rights, but I am running as admin (right clock, run as administrator).
However, in the meantime I have found that nsis is a 32bit program that will always install in the syswow64 folder, since it can not access the system32 folder (which is available for 64bit software only). Can anyone confirm this?

[Anders]

x64.nsh