Inno Setup Knowledge Base

The Inno Setup Knowledge Base contains supplemental information not found in the documentation or the FAQ.

FAQ:

• Am I allowed to redistribute the Inno Setup compiler with my application?
• Can I manually extract files or other information from a compiled setup.exe?
• Do I need to create registry entries for my application to work?
• I have a question about [some program not listed on jrsoftware.org]
• Is it possible to delete keys inside every users' HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive?
• What system files must I deploy with my application?
• What's this _iu14D2N.tmp file in my TEMP directory?
• Why does Setup register files when they aren't replaced?
• Why must I specify 5.01 instead 5.1 to detect Windows XP?
• Why the uninstaller EXE has numbers in its name

How To:

• Confirm with the user before the uninstaller deletes certain files
• Create an AutoRun (or AutoPlay) CD-ROM
• Create an installation that is an "update" or "add-on" to an existing installation
• Create shortcuts in the Startup (or Autostart) group
• Create shortcuts on the Quick Launch bar
• Deploy BDE (Borland Database Engine)
• Deploy shfolder.dll
• Deploy Windows Script Runtime (scrrun.dll)
• Detect instances running in any user session with AppMutex
• Implement Custom Functionality
• Install .MSI files
• Install DCOM & MDAC
• Install Visual Basic 6.0 Applications
• Install Visual C++ 6.0 Run-Time Files
• Register your application under the App Paths key
• Return string list from a DLL
• Run batch files
• Set the order of the shortcuts created on the Start Menu
• Start a program when Windows starts

Problems:

• "AddFontResource failed" message displayed when installing a font
• "Error 23: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)"
• "MoveFile failed; code 82. The directory or file cannot be created."
• "The procedure entry point RtlUnhandledExceptionFilter could not be located in the dynamic link library ntdll.dll"
• A console (DOS) window flashes on the screen briefly when a user tries running my installer
• Add/Remove Programs applet inaccessible after uninstall finishes
• Can't translate the captions of buttons in message boxes
• Empty directories not included when "recursesubdirs" flag is used on a [Files] entry
• My application can't write to its directory when run as a regular user
• Network drives not shown in Browse dialogs on Windows Vista
• Setup isn't replacing a particular file
• Using "lzma" or "bzip" compression results in a larger installation
• Wildcard matches unexpected extensions
• Wrong icon or missing version info when viewing setup.exe in Explorer