Tag: Inno

Deploy applications in Run as Administrator mode in Windows using PyInstaller and Inno Setup

- by mahmood

PyInstaller 

venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe --noconsole --onefile --icon=images/icons8-anki-512.ico --manifest=MyAnki.exe.manifest --uac-admin -n MyAnki app.py

MyAnki.exe.manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
</assembly>

inno_setup.iss

[Setup]
PrivilegesRequired=admin

 

Extract .zip files in Inno Setup

- by mahmood

You can use an external command line tool for unzipping your archive, see here for example. Put it in your [Files] section:

[Files]
Source: "7za.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}"; Flags: deleteafterinstall;

Then call it in your [Run] section, like this:

[Run]
Filename: {tmp}\7za.exe; Parameters: "x ""{tmp}\example.zip"" -o""{app}\"" * -r -aoa"; Flags: runhidden runascurrentuser;

References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40704442/is-there-a-way-to-extract-zip-files-in-inno-setup-after-a-certain-page-is-done
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6065364/how-to-get-inno-setup-to-unzip-a-file-it-installed-all-as-part-of-the-one-insta