Hello,
I'm a first year student for computer science, and haven't written anything more sophisticated than a QBASIC "Hello World" program.
I got the NSIS downloaded and want to make a launcher for the program "GalaxyForge".
GF is a map editor for the new hit game Sins of a Solar Empire, which has been released to the public (as freeware I believe). Anyway, it's a relatively small file (installer DLs at 2.8MB) and doesn't require an installation of the game to work. So I thought that would be a great thing to have portable so I can design custom maps from any computer and then load them up when I get home to my sweet Sins. 
Anyway, my question is: are there any places other than viewing other people's source to get a tutorial on NSIS scripting? And when I make a launcher do I make it from scratch, or do I need to examine the actual program itself for registry entries etc. first?
Any help would be appreciated.
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check out my PAF Specs. There is also the manual (I'll post as soon as I get a chance). Yes, you can use regshot to find stuff like reg entries and appdata folders.
NSIS is really easy.
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Turns out, it's not installed, it's just extracted from a zip file and runs locally in the directory. I put it on my flash drive in the portable apps folder and it loads up in the Menu automatically. The only thing I can see making a PAF file for it would be to add a splash screen *shrug* guess I'll have to pick a different program to get my feet wet with
What about Spybot Search & Destroy? Its a great antispyware program, and it's free.
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not open source...
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report
some kind of video editor, I really need one!
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