Actual Installer Forum

Hi, In my project setup (created with Actual Installer) I'm asking the users to fill in a serial number. Serial numbers list is generated in Actual Installer. The serial number is saved in the registry ( https://www.actualinstaller.com/help/faq.php?vid=8.5#snregistry It would be nice if the followin...

Hello, I am the translator for the Dutch language.

Ruslan Kamalov wrote me on 11/05/2020:
"And just to note, we didn't translate all text and components. 99% of our customers use English, so we decided to not fully support the multi language feature."

Where (how) can I change / set the shortcut name for my program in Control Panel\Programs and Features?

Actually it is set (automatically?) to <AppName>. I want to change it into <AppNameVersion>.

Thank you, Leo.

I'll better put no Uninstall shortcut in the <ProgramGroup> folder of the Start menu

After uninstalling my program with the Uninstall shortcut of MyProgram in the <ProgramGroup> folder of the Start menu, the empty <InstallDir> folder in <ProgramFiles> is not removed, not even with the command <SystemDir>\cmd.exe /C rmdir /S /Q "<InstallDir>" after Uninstallation. The empty...

Also add a command to completely remove ProgramGroup folder: either select the option "Uninstallation \ Complete Uninstallation" or add on System \ Commands: File: <SystemDir>\cmd.exe Parameters: /C rmdir /S /Q "<ProgramGroup>" Timing: After Uninstallation OK, this works, but th...

Thank you again Leo.

Well, I should have known that. Shame on me

Thank you Leo.

It works, but at the end of installation really unaesthetic DOS cmd windows are appearing and flashing over the screen. So the workaround works but isn’t nice to look at

How to run cmd silently?

Installation > Shortcuts > ShortcutName

How to localize those Shortcut names, i.e. make it so that those names are translated in the correct language of the user's system language?

The entered hex color code seems to be misinterpreted somehow. AI Showing ALWAYS other colors, i.e. not corresponding to the given hex code. I wonder if this has something to do with the encoding/character set of the ini-file (UTF-8 with or without BOM, etc.). Could you please come back here when th...