I've got the following code to run a custom executable file after installation of the portable app:
!macro CustomCodePostInstall
ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\App\Cygwin\Cygwin.exe" --quiet-mode --no-shortcuts --disable-buggy-antivirus --site http://cygwin.xl-mirror.nl --root $INSTDIR\App\Cygwin\ --local-package-dir $INSTDIR\Data\Packages\'
!macroend
Unfotunately this stopped working some time ago. It seems like the execution is just skipped.
Any idea how to get this back working or what the reason is?
Thanks a lot!
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- are you sure it used to work? how long ago was this?
- are you sure it's ExecWait? i have no problems with it.
Im not familiar with cygwin's command lines..
but it looks messy.
1. try using quotes around paths.
ie. "$INSTDIR\App\Cygwin"
ie. "$INSTDIR\Data\Packages"
2. try using a tilda.
ie. ` instead of '.
3. if it's truly ExecWait.. try using nsExec::exec, or just Exec.
I also tried "nsExec::exec" now, but it also fails.
I suspect the EXE file which should be run to be the problem.
As you can see in the snippet above it tries to run "Cygwin.exe"
which is just a copy of http://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe.
Is the problem that the Cygwin.exe/setup-x86_64.exe file needs Admin rights? Any idea what else might be the problem?
Thanks a lot!
it could be.. it's hard to visualize your installer.. i'd have to see what's going on..
did you try running w/admin. rights just to test?
is the name of the executable correct?
is the executable in the correct location?