Download NSIS 2.24

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System has been updated to version 2.24 today. NSIS can be used to easily create installation packages. After creating a script, the program then creates a nice compact installer, which can also include uninstall options, for example. The changelog for this release shows the following changes:

Major Changes

• Library uninstall-reinstall-reboot problems workaround (bug #1097642)
• Minimized number of cases where an error message appears in silent mode
• New compiler predefines for code scope (patch #1644712)

Minor changes

• Added /P command line option for setting process priority ofmakensis (patch #1638974)
• Added support for 64-bit PE on POSIX to GetDLLVersionLocal (patch #1643633)
• Append last part of InstallDir only to $INSTDIR on directory pages (bug #1174184)
• Avoid permissions change of output files for LineFind and FileJoin (bug #1631773)
• Fixed erroneous warnings on uninstall sections (bug #1631889)
• Fixed lossy Unicode conversion in resource editor (bug #1083492)
• Ignore invalid preprocessor commands in ignored block or comments
• Made VIAddVersionKey only query language tables instead of creating them and generating warnings (bug #1626504)
• Minor documentation updates and fixes (including bug #1642107, patch #1649187)
• Warn when continuing a comment line using backslash (bug #1554178)

New/Changed Commands

• RegDLL and UnregDLL now use LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH, so there’s no need to use SetOutPath to set the working directory (bug #1638191)

Utilities and Plugins

• InstallOptions 2.45: Added FOCUS flag (patch #1634704) and fixed paste with ONLY_NUMBERS flag (bug #1652075)
• MakeNSISW: settings in HKCU instead of HKLM (bug #1411970) and MRU menu accelerators

Translations

• Added Galician translation (patch #1631765)

Build System

• Added a workaround for building on x64 POSIX platforms (bug #1646170)
• Added a workaround for strict-aliasing compatibility (bug #1635841)
• Added compression tests
• Added STRIP, APPEND_CCFLAGS and APPEND_LINKFLAGS build options
• Fixed SCons 0.96.94 compatibility

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