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With a lot more work than usual, it is possible to use vlc.win32.nsi.in from the source files (extracted from the .tar.xz archive) to create a vlc.win32.nsi that will compile with NSIS 2.46. You'll need the helpers\ subdirectory and files from an earlier version (I used version 2.1.3), and the langu...

In this case, by "other files", I mean the helpers\ subdirectory with the files extensions.nsh, install.nsh, and utils.nsh.

Though I found vlc.win32.nsi.in (and spad.nsi.in), they won't "compile" in NSIS without the helpers.

And the missing .nsi files (vlc.win32.nsi and spad.nsi) are not in the source code .tar.xz either.

And another problem: the .7z archive does not contain the vlc.win32.nsi file needed to customize the VLC options.

In the past, when this file was missing, so were other files needed to do the NSIS "compile".

Any thoughts?

I believe that upgrading to EMET 4.1 Update 1 resolved the error.

Sorry for the false alarm!

I see messages in this forum about how VLC 2.1.3 suffered crashes when running Microsoft's EMET that protects against common vulnerabilities. Well, I didn't have the problem with that version, but I do now with version 2.1.5. I'm running VLC on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1, with all current Windows Update...

Looking at some of the older posts, it looks like a lot of the devs figure that vlc.win32.nsi should not be distributed with the zip file, as less then 1% of people who download it will use it. Thank you ssawatzky--your detailed instructions are very helpful. And "the devs figure" wrong: ...

And if you skip past all those errors (which is a bad idea) and get it to compile, you immediately see another problem: the variable @VERSION@ is never resolved, so you end up with a installer named "vlc-@VERSION@-win32.exe". That's literally named with the word VERSION in the filename--it...

Skip past that section (which I'm not sure is a good idea), and the compile will fail again around line 430, starting with this section: @BUILD_OSDMENU_TRUE@ !insertmacro InstallFolder osdmenu @BUILD_SKINS_TRUE@ !insertmacro InstallFolder skins @BUILD_HTTPD_TRUE@ !insertmacro InstallFolder http @BUI...

Not only are languages missing, the compile fails on some @ commands. I started with the win32 ZIP archive, then added the languages from the downloadable src file .tar.bz2 (under extras\package\win32). Using NSIS 2.46, the compile fails: Invalid command: @BUILD_ACTIVEX_TRUE@ Error in script "W...

I also need to customize the installation of VLC 1.1.0 on Windows, and so need its vlc.win32.nsi file. Please post it for download from somewhere! Sande