How to run exe files in NSIS Script?

Question

In InnoSetup, there is a part called run which will execute the exe, batch file and msi. We can also give command line parameters to this run.

I provide the Innosetup sample:

[Run]
Filename: "{app}\msdirent.exe ";
Filename: "msiexec.exe"; Parameters: "/i ""{tmp}\NETCFSetupv2.msi""" ; Check:ShouldInstallComCtlUpdate ;

But in NSISS Script, how to run my exe and also I have to provide command line arguments to the concerned exe?

score 27 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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You have 3 NSIS instructions that can start a new process: Exec, ExecWait and ExecShell (Internally the first two use CreateProcess and the last one uses ShellExecute)

It is important to get the quoting correct since NSIS has 3 quote characters and windows paths with spaces should be quoted with ":

ExecWait '"$instdir\myapp.exe"'
Exec '"$instdir\otherapp.exe" param1 "par am 2" param3'

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Jan 02 '12 at 13:53

Anders

@ Anders: Thanks for your answer. I upvote your answer but Sivakg is the one who give the answer first. – karthik Jan 06 '12 at 04:23
@karthik Well, his current answer is wrong, those Exec's will not work on all systems... – Anders Jan 06 '12 at 16:07

Siva Karuppiah · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-02T13:16:37.650

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Try the following commands

Exec "$APPS\msdirent.exe"

For Command Line Args,

Exec "$APPS\msdirent.exe 1"

For Adding msdirent.exe to the installer,

SetOutPath "$APPS"
File "localpath\msdirent.exe"

Exec "$APPS\msdirent.exe 1"

edited Jan 02 '12 at 13:16

answered Jan 02 '12 at 12:19

Siva Karuppiah

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@ Sivakg: How to pack that msdirent.exe into the installer? – karthik Jan 02 '12 at 13:04
You need to quote these paths correctly, see the NSIS manual or my answer for examples! – Anders Jan 02 '12 at 13:54
@Sivakg: How to pack that msdirent.exe into the uninstaller? – iwtu Oct 02 '14 at 08:31

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