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authorfiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b>2008-10-18 18:48:23 +0000
committerfiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b>2008-10-18 18:48:23 +0000
commit1aed6a9ee48698d43ce02d4a615be25b5c4dbed6 (patch)
tree68ba0f04ef6d5bc6a29873c9d556d1dff92d9d73 /windows
parent51a58987b3d95e293b8a483ea21f199bab1fba8b (diff)
Modified modpath.iss to modify HKCU path if user lacks admin privileges.
Also fixed case where oldpath is empty (previously this led to the new path beginning with a semicolon). git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1464 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b
Diffstat (limited to 'windows')
-rw-r--r--windows/modpath.iss29
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/windows/modpath.iss b/windows/modpath.iss
index ea3cef8e8..73ae434ac 100644
--- a/windows/modpath.iss
+++ b/windows/modpath.iss
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
// Author: Jared Breland <jbreland@legroom.net>
// Homepage: http://www.legroom.net/software
//
+// Modified 10/18/2008 by John MacFarlane to set path in HKCU instead of HKLM if
+// user does not have admin privileges. Also correctly handle the case where
+// oldpath is empty.
+//
// Script Function:
// Enable modification of system path directly from Inno Setup installers
//
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ var
aExecArr: TArrayOfString;
i, d: Integer;
pathdir: TArrayOfString;
+ reg: Integer;
+ regkey: String;
begin
// Get array of new directories and act on each individually
@@ -50,8 +56,17 @@ begin
// Modify WinNT path
if UsingWinNT() = true then begin
+ // Select HKLM or HKCU depending on whether user has admin privileges
+ if (IsAdminLoggedOn or IsPowerUserLoggedOn) then begin
+ reg := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
+ regkey := 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment';
+ end else begin
+ reg := HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+ regkey := 'Environment';
+ end;
+
// Get current path, split into an array
- RegQueryStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment', 'Path', oldpath);
+ RegQueryStringValue(reg, regkey, 'Path', oldpath);
oldpath := oldpath + ';';
i := 0;
while (Pos(';', oldpath) > 0) do begin
@@ -80,11 +95,16 @@ begin
end;
// Append app dir to path if not already included
- if IsUninstaller() = false then
- newpath := newpath + ';' + pathdir[d];
+ if IsUninstaller() = false then begin
+ if newpath = '' then begin
+ newpath := pathdir[d];
+ end else begin
+ newpath := newpath + ';' + pathdir[d];
+ end;
+ end;
// Write new path
- RegWriteStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment', 'Path', newpath);
+ RegWriteStringValue(reg, regkey, 'Path', newpath);
// Modify Win9x path
end else begin
@@ -155,3 +175,4 @@ begin
Result := False;
end;
end;
+