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Asked: 2026-05-22T18:56:36+00:00

does anyone knows how can I make my nsis installer update visual studio include

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does anyone knows how can I make my nsis installer update visual studio include path with my sdk paths?

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    In next text I assume you use Visual Studio 2008.

    If you want to directly change the paths you must modify file %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\VCComponents.dat.

    There is no need to write keys into registry, because directories are saved here.

    Use this NSIS code to add directory C:\YOUR DIRECTORY HERE into it:

    Function Write
SetShellvarContext current
ReadIniStr $0 "$LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\VCComponents.dat" "VC\VC_OBJECTS_PLATFORM_INFO\Win32\Directories" "Include Dirs"
WriteIniStr "$LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\VCComponents.dat" "VC\VC_OBJECTS_PLATFORM_INFO\Win32\Directories" "Include Dirs" "$0;C:\YOUR DIRECTORY HERE"
IfErrors Error NoError
Error:
  MessageBox MB_OK "Cound not write!"
NoError:
FunctionEnd

    Be carefull with this because there are many options.
    Ini typically looks like this:

    [PLATFORM]

    Directories=Dir1;Dir2;$(VSVariable)path

    Above example writes directory into Win32 and Include files. See the picture to understand it.

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    For Visual Studio 2010 the format has been changed (to XML):
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsproject/archive/2009/07/07/vc-directories.aspx

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