any recommendations about those inno setup scripts so the compiled install run smoothly on windows 7?
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Inno Setup has full support for Windows 7. Just make sure to use the latest version of Inno Seup, preferably the Unicode edition.
Andreas Rejbrand
2010-06-12 17:47:12
+2
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- Don't install anything to user-directories. Assume the installer will be run from a different account than the one that will use the installed application.
- If you need to save user-specific stuff install it as a template to a shared location (ideally read-only to regular users, e.g. under
{app}) and have your application copy it from there on first startup. - Don't create Quick Launch shortcuts
Oliver Giesen
2010-06-14 09:48:17
I use DestDir: like {sys}\; and {app}\I got problem with my "INI" file witch the user could modify.Witch {} location should I use for this if I want to share it to all users?
DavRob60
2010-06-14 12:44:18
I also go a ".mdb", witch need to create a "LDB" and goes in a {app}\subFoler\ by default (the location is modifiable). where should I put it i I need To share it.
DavRob60
2010-06-14 12:48:38
@DavRob60: Where you put user-modifiable files depends on whether the modifications should be per-user or per-machine. If they're per-user I'd put them under `{userappdata}`, otherwise under `{commonappdata}`. The important thing is that copying to `{userappdata}` should not be done by the installer but by the app itself.
Oliver Giesen
2010-06-14 13:51:14
+1
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Oliver Giesen's suggestion is what I'm using, but it has a disadvantage... there seems to be no way to remove the {userapppdata} folders for all users when uninstalling the program, meaning you can never do a clean uninstall/reinstall.
Nyerguds
2010-07-19 09:55:12