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Bug #163

Windows Installer Does Not Handle Upgrades Correctly

Added by Luke Murphey almost 14 years ago. Updated almost 14 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
Start date:
07/05/2010
Due date:
% Done:

100%


Description

The Windows installer does not handle upgrades correctly. If upgrading the installer should:

  1. Skip asking the user for an administrator username and password
  2. Stop the service if it is running
  3. Skip the --install call
  4. Call --upgrade when done

History

#1 Updated by Luke Murphey almost 14 years ago

See http://nsis.sourceforge.net/IfFileExists_Changes_Section_Flags and http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=2533518 for how to use IfFileExists.

See http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NsSCM_plug-in for information on querying whether the service exists and controlling it.

#2 Updated by Luke Murphey almost 14 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Target version set to 1.0 (Release)
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Implemented in r525.

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