NSIS script to launch apps from any source
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:47 am
Hi, I've made a little NSIS script which helps a lot if you need to launch any application without knowing the drive letter it is launched from. Here it is, hope it helps someone figuring out how to do that:
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Name "Launcher"
OutFile "launcher.exe"
ShowInstDetails nevershow
AutoCloseWindow True
Section "Main"
; set the active directory
SetOutPath $EXEDIR\the\dir\we\want\to\go\in
; set an environment variable [ use: i("variable_name", "variable_value").r0 ]
System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariableA(t, t) i("THE_VARIABLE", "$EXEDIR\a\dir\we\want\as\environment\variable").r0'
; ...
; add as many environment variables as you need like specified above
; ...
; execute program
Exec '"the_program_executable.exe"'
; ...or execute program with parameters
; Exec '"the_program_executable.exe" /settings "some_eventual_parameters_to_append_after_the_exe_name"'
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