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Add file type association for Windows #77

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Add file type association for windows installer.
gonwan Feb 23, 2026
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Display app info in windows 11 installed apps and control panel.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions packages/build-win-msys2.sh
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Expand Up @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ package()

makensis \
-DAPP_ARCH="$PACKAGE_ARCH" \
-DAPP_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION" \
-DINSTALLER_FILE="${OLD_PWD}/${PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}".exe \
"${PACKAGE_DIR}"/win-installer.nsi
rm "${PACKAGE_DIR}"/win-installer.nsi
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93 changes: 83 additions & 10 deletions packages/win-installer.nsi
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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
;==============================;

Unicode true
ManifestDPIAware true
Name "uChmViewer"
OutFile "${INSTALLER_FILE}"

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SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\${PKG_ICONS_DIR}"
File /r "${APP_ICONS_DIR}\*.ico"

;Store installation folder
WriteRegStr HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\uChmViewer" "" "$INSTDIR"

;Create uninstaller
WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"

!insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_WRITE_BEGIN Application
;Create shortcuts
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\$STARTMENU_FOLDER"
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RMDir "$SMPROGRAMS\$R0"
Pop $R0

DeleteRegKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\uChmViewer"
DeleteRegKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\uChmViewer"

Delete "$INSTDIR\${PKG_ICONS_DIR}\*.ico"
Delete "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe"
Delete "$INSTDIR\LICENSE.txt"
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;==============================;
; dependencies ;
; Dependencies ;
;==============================;

Section "-Install Dependencies"
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RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}"
RMDir "$INSTDIR"
SectionEnd


;==============================;
; File type association ;
;==============================;

!macro APP_ASSOCIATE EXT FILECLASS DESCRIPTION APPNAME ICON COMMANDTEXT COMMAND
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\.${EXT}" "" "${FILECLASS}"
WriteRegNone HKCU "Software\Classes\.${EXT}\OpenWithProgids" "${FILECLASS}"

WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}" "" `${DESCRIPTION}`
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}\Application\" "ApplicationName" `${APPNAME}`
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}\DefaultIcon" "" `${ICON}`
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}\shell" "" "open"
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}\shell\open" "" `${COMMANDTEXT}`
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}\shell\open\command" "" `${COMMAND}`
!macroend

!macro APP_UNASSOCIATE EXT FILECLASS
DeleteRegValue HKCU "Software\Classes\.${EXT}\OpenWithProgids" "${FILECLASS}"
DeleteRegKey HKCU `Software\Classes\${FILECLASS}`
!macroend

; !defines for use with SHChangeNotify
!ifdef SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED
!undef SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED
!endif
!define SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED 0x08000000
!ifdef SHCNF_FLUSH
!undef SHCNF_FLUSH
!endif
!define SHCNF_FLUSH 0x1000

!macro UPDATEFILEASSOC
; Using the system.dll plugin to call the SHChangeNotify Win32 API function so we can update the shell.
System::Call "shell32::SHChangeNotify(i,i,i,i) (${SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED}, ${SHCNF_FLUSH}, 0, 0)"
!macroend


Section "-File type association"
!insertmacro APP_ASSOCIATE "chm" "uchmviewer.chm" "CHM File" "uChmViewer" \
"$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe,0" "Open with uchmviewer" "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe $\"%1$\""
!insertmacro APP_ASSOCIATE "epub" "uchmviewer.epub" "EPUB File" "uChmViewer" \
"$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe,0" "Open with uchmviewer" "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe $\"%1$\""
!insertmacro UPDATEFILEASSOC
SectionEnd

Section "un.File type association"
!insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE "chm" "uchmviewer.chm"
!insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE "epub" "uchmviewer.epub"
!insertmacro UPDATEFILEASSOC
SectionEnd


;==============================;
; Uninstall info ;
;==============================;

!define PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY "Software\uChmViewer"
!define PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\uChmViewer"

Section "-Uninstall info"
WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "InstallDir" $INSTDIR
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "Version" "${APP_VERSION}"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "" "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe"

WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayName" "$(^Name)"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayIcon" "$INSTDIR\${PKG_BIN_DIR}\uChmViewer.exe,0"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayVersion" "${APP_VERSION}"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "InstallLocation" "$INSTDIR"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "UninstallString" "$\"$INSTDIR\uninst.exe$\""
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "URLInfoAbout" "https://github.com/eBookProjects/uChmViewer"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "Publisher" "eBookProjects"
SectionEnd

Section "un.Uninstall info"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}"
SectionEnd