Issue 15375 - replace nsis installer by .msi installer
Summary: replace nsis installer by .msi installer
Status: NEW
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Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: installer (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: All Windows
: P4 enhancement
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Reported: 2015-11-23 00:01 UTC by Martin Nowak
Modified: 2022-12-17 10:32 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Nowak 2015-11-23 00:01:59 UTC 
The NSIS installer system is quite dated, requires to write hard to maintain (asm like) scripts, necessary plugins are no longer maintained (and only available as binaries [¹]), and .msi installer are supposed to be better integrated with Windows [²].

[¹]: https://dlang.dawg.eu/downloads/others/
[²]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer

Regarding different msi installers, we got a recommendation for Inno Setup.
http://forum.dlang.org/post/gjdwctcoakpfxzyjdgzw@forum.dlang.org
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Comment 1 steven kladitis 2016-02-02 14:39:23 UTC 
I agree the windows installer currently is pretty bad.!!!!