• Trying the LZMA compression method for your installer is recommended. It often gives a 20% better compression ratio.
    • : The setting to change the title size on the Welcome page and Finish page has been changed

    F.72.2 Changelog

    F.72.2.1 Major Changes

    • Modern UI 1.68: New settings for extra space for title and text on Welcome page and Finish page, improved handling of verbose settings, language file string for uninstaller reboot information, more
    • Shell folders are now detected using shell API functions and not the registry. This is the recommended method by Microsoft. New constants have been added in the process ($FONTS, $SENDTO and more…). See for more details.
    • Added LogicLib to distribution (easier conditional execution etc.)
    • Added and GetInstDirError to allow custom error checking when the installation directory is invalid or the drive does not have enough space
    • Support for reading environmental variables at compile time:
    • Added /SD parameter for MessageBox. Allows to set default for silent installers.
    • New sections macros for mutually exclusive section selection
    • Improved RTL support by adding WS_EX_RTLREADING wherever possible

    F.72.2.2 Utilities and Plug-ins

    • : Added new control type "Button", added new flag "NOTIFY", added new flag "NOWORDWRAP" for multi-line text boxes, reduced size down to 12K
    • MakeNSISW: More options to set the compression method
    • Zip2Exe 0.31: Fixed compression setting, LZMA compression support
    • : Better error handling and exit code for GenPat