Download NSIS 2.25

Version 2.25 of the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System has just been released. NSIS can be used to easily create professional looking installation packages. After creating a script, the program then creates a compact installer, which can also include uninstall options, for example. The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Major Changes

• Added Memento.nsh for easy persistence of user selections across different runs of the installer (RFE #1677624)
• Fixed a bug introduced in 2.24 that allowed the license page to be skipped even with agreement check box or radio buttons (bug #1664428)

Minor changes

• Added Vista manifest to StartMenu.nsi example to avoid backward compatibility mode that moves shortcuts (bug #1664957)
• Both dashes and slashes are supported as switch prefixes onmakensis.exe (bug #1661503)
• Delete uninstaller temporary directory on reboot (patch #1660626)
• Distribute Plug-in example with the NSIS package and not only with the source code
• Fixed lossy Unicode conversion of dialog template strings (bug #1662190)
• Fixed Sections.nsh macros support for $0 as input (bug #1664648)
• Fixed uninstallers support for the /D= command line switch
• Improved logging of WriteReg commands
• Minor documentation updates and fixes (including patch #1662419)

New/Changed Commands

• Added bitwise operators support for !define /math (RFE #1669513)
• __PAGEEX__ contains the page type (patch #1644712)

Utilities and Plugins

• InstallOptions 2.46: Use installer’s name for message boxes (bug #1661677)
• MakeNSISW: Use Escape button to close (RFE #1666501)
• Math: Removed mathcrt.lib
• StartMenu: Refuse empty paths (bug #1684751)

Translations

• Fixed Galician language files (bug #1663795)

Build System

• Added APPEND_LIBPATH and APPEND_CPPATH instead of the malfunctioning CPPPATH and LIBPATH
• Added ChangeLog to Source code packages (patch #1680508)
• Avoid some warnings on VS2005 (patch #1667950)
• Fixed lzma test segfault on POSIX (bug #1666873)
• More strict aliasing compatibility (bug #1635841)
• NSIS Menu finally built from source

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