Run application after successful install

Question

How to make check box that allow user to run application after installation?

score 45 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '11 at 14:30

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There you go:

under [Run]:

Filename: {app}\{cm:AppName}.exe; Description: {cm:LaunchProgram,{cm:AppName}}; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent

under [CustomMessages]:

AppName=mySoftwaresNiceName
LaunchProgram=Start mySoftware after finishing installation

answered Mar 17 '11 at 14:30

Akku

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How do i tell to do : AppName.exe argument1 argument2 ? – Mar 18 '14 at 00:43
Ask a separate question please – Akku May 26 '14 at 10:55
@Akku I provide my app name in AppName but it is giving me error that my player name is not defined – Muhammad Faizan Khan Oct 21 '16 at 07:09
@Mohammad This question is not about self defined constants, so write a new question if you have one, and provide more information about your problem. – Akku Nov 02 '16 at 10:43

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited May 07 '20 at 09:45

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Check the postinstall flag in the [Run] section, see the documentation at https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/topic_runsection.htm#postinstall

edited May 07 '20 at 09:45

Martin Prikryl

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answered Sep 22 '10 at 07:49

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score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 20 '13 at 17:23

Add Filename to Run Section with Flag postinstall.

Example for Copy&Paste:

[Run]
// User selected... these files are shown for launch after everything is done
Filename: {app}\README.TXT; Description: View the README file; Flags: postinstall shellexec skipifsilent
Filename: {app}\APP.EXE; Description: Run Application; Flags: postinstall nowait skipifsilent unchecked

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 20 '13 at 20:01

To make the checkbox, create a task:

[Tasks]
Name: StartAfterInstall; Description: Run application after install

and bind it to "run" action:

[Run]
Filename: {app}\{#exe}; Flags: shellexec skipifsilent nowait; Tasks: StartAfterInstall

where {#exe} is the name of exe-file

Run application after successful install

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