http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/ Musings on life and technology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-369 willy Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:37:35 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-369 It's simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it's not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS. It’s simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it’s not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-368 Hoodia Slankepiller Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:12:09 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-368 Great post - keep it up man :) Great post – keep it up man

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-367 Lucy Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:22:27 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-367 The tricky part of writing an installer is considering the lifecycle - the uninstall, the repair, the patch rollback, the silent install. The tricky part of writing an installer is considering the lifecycle – the uninstall, the repair, the patch rollback, the silent install.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-366 mandy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:07:55 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-366 It's simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it's not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS. It’s simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it’s not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-365 Betsey Johnson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:52:51 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-365 Hmm strange this post is totaly irrelevant to the search query I entered in google but it was listed on the first page. Hmm strange this post is totaly irrelevant to the search query I entered in google but it was listed on the first page.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-364 Canada Immigration Guide 2009 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:01:51 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-364 It's simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it's not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS. It’s simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it’s not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-363 Swingers Toronto Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:24:44 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-363 I think NSIS is much better. MSI is way to slow for me. I think NSIS is much better. MSI is way to slow for me.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-362 Facebook Proxy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:09:41 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-362 Recently I've been looking at NSIS and wondering if it would be a better option for delivering my products. It's simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it's not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS. Recently I’ve been looking at NSIS and wondering if it would be a better option for delivering my products. It’s simpler than WiX and has a nice community following complete with a healthy library of extensions and plugins. The problem is that it’s not MSI based and so there are things that MSI handles for you that you have to do manually with NSIS.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-361 windows web hosting Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:44:27 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-361 I completely agree with you on the sisplay of prior programs. Nice Post , i am cinvinced that MSI is better than NSIS. I completely agree with you on the sisplay of prior programs. Nice Post , i am cinvinced that MSI is better than NSIS.

]]> http://www.reggieburnett.com/another-reason-by-msi-is-better-than-nsis/#comment-360 online life insurance quotes Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:55:24 +0000 /post/Another-reason-by-MSI-is-better-than-NSIS.aspx#comment-360 ProductCode and UpgradeCode (both GUIDs). With NSIS you're left with scanning for registry keys or files from the prior install and then manually updating the Uninstall registry key. Doable but just feels dirty. And it's easy to forget to do this. Here's a screenshot of my Add/Remove programs after installing Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 and then upgrading to beta 2. ProductCode and UpgradeCode (both GUIDs). With NSIS you’re left with scanning for registry keys or files from the prior install and then manually updating the Uninstall registry key. Doable but just feels dirty. And it’s easy to forget to do this. Here’s a screenshot of my Add/Remove programs after installing Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 and then upgrading to beta 2.

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