Nsis create msi installer

However, it is not the only good software out there for creating Windows installers. NSIS is a professional system that you can use to create everything from very simple to very complex Windows installers.

As you can tell by the name, NSIS is script-based, which allows you to create logic as complicated as you need to handle any situation. Luckily, for beginners, it also includes a bunch of plug-ins and pre-defined scripts to get you started. The program supports a tons of other features including installer self-verification using checksum, list and tree for component selection, silent mode for automated installations, full code editor for writing scripts, etc.

Advanced Installer also has a free version, but it also has several other versions that go up in price depending on how complex your installer needs to be.

If you want a feature breakdown between the five different versions they have, then check out the link. The free version actually has a lot of features and we were able to use that in our company for a long time because our installers were fairly simple. One unique feature to Advanced Installer is Installer Analytics. All of this on a sleek and modern web interface that you can test yourself. Viewed 23k times. In the electron doc setting the noMsi to false, should do the trick Should Squirrel.

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Please remove it from the "dependencies" section in your package. Please check the documentation or the scheme to find what's wrong — wilver. Hang on It is NOT a production dependency, but rather a developer dependency. Your software should not include electron itself during distribution! So, when installing "electron", use this command: "npm install electron --save-dev".

That is what the error message is telling you! Show 1 more comment. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Shiva Teja Shiva Teja 4 4 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. Yeah also understand that but the option doesn't work for me.

Windows simply uses application name as key. So, it is better to use GUID. You are not forced to explicitly specify it — name-based UUID v5 will be generated from your appId or name. It means that you should not change appId once your application in use or name if appId was not set. Application product name title or description can be safely changed. You can explicitly set guid using option nsis.

To build portable app, set target to portable or pass --win portable. It is very specific requirement. Do not do if you are not sure. Add custom macro :. Skip to content. The path to header icon above the progress bar , relative to the build resources or to the project directory. Appropriate license file will be selected by user OS language. Not recommended by default will be detected using OS language.

Change only if you understand what do you do and for what. Defaults to unicode option value. Ignored if perMachine is set to true. Applicable only for extraResources and extraFiles files.