nsis Services
Introduction
When installing a new program or updating an installation, it's good practice for you to stop an installed application and anything related with it before overwriting any of its files. The same goes for services. We need to be sure that the locally run service (if any) is stopped before we can install or upgrade our program. In this topic I'll share a few macros ranging from creating a service to querying a service to removing one all together.
Syntax
- ${Service::Create} "NAME" "PATH" "TYPE" "START" "DEPEND" /DISABLEFSR $0 $1
- ${Service::Remove} "NAME" "" $0 $1
- ${Service::QueryConfig} "NAME" /DISABLEFSR $0 $1
Parameters
| ${Service::Create} | Description |
|---|---|
| NAME | The service name |
| PATH | BinaryPathName to the .exe file |
| TYPE | own, share, interact, kernel, filesys, rec |
| START | boot, system, auto, demand, disabled, delayed-auto |
| DEPEND | Dependencies(separated by / (forward slash)) |
| /DISABLEFSR | Disables redirection if x64. Use "" to skip. |
| $0 | Return after call |
| $1 | Return after call |
