Inno setup kill process before install install#
Inno setup kill process before install windows#

Added new support function: RmSessionStarted.

These can be used to override the new CloseApplications and RestartApplications directives.

Added new command line parameters supported by Setup: /NOCLOSEAPPLICATIONS and /NORESTARTAPPLICATIONS.

Inno setup kill process before install windows#

Note: for Setup to be able to restart an application after the installation has completed, the application needs to be using the Windows RegisterApplicationRestart API function. Added new section directive: RestartApplications, which defaults to yes.Setting this to *.* can provide better checking at the expense of speed. Controls which files Setup will check for being in use. Added new section directive: CloseApplicationsFilter, which defaults to *.exe,*.dll,*.chm.If set to yes and Setup is running silently, Setup will always close and restart such applications, unless told not to via the command line (see below).

Inno setup kill process before install install#

If set to yes and Setup is not running silently, Setup will now pause on the Preparing to Install wizard page if it detects applications using files that need to be updated by the or section, showing the applications and asking the user if Setup should automatically close the applications and restart them after the installation has completed. Added new section directive: CloseApplications, which defaults to yes.

Result := PostMessage(winHwnd,WM_CLOSE,0,0)

WinHwnd := FindWindowByWindowName(strProg) If using by Name, the name must be exact and is case sensitive. WinHwnd := FindWindowBењњlassName(strProg) ClassName can be found with Spy++ included with Visual C++. If the application has Mutex, uncomment the line below, comment the InitializeSetup function out, and use the AppMutex. Here's a link to the a KB article that mentions several methods: