https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Reference%2FIfFileExists Reference/IfFileExists - Revision history 2026-04-06T08:56:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?title=Reference/IfFileExists&diff=23596&oldid=prev Jan at 20:13, 4 June 2013 2013-06-04T20:13:46Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:13, 4 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;highlight-nsis&gt;IfFileExists $WINDIR\notepad.exe 0 +2</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;highlight-nsis&gt;IfFileExists $WINDIR\notepad.exe 0 +2</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>MessageBox MB_OK &quot;notepad is installed&quot;&lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; 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color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:02, 27 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  file_to_check_for jump_if_present [jump_otherwise]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  file_to_check_for jump_if_present [jump_otherwise]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Checks for existence of file(s) file_to_check_for (which can be a wildcard, or a directory), and [[Reference/Goto|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Goto</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </del>jump_if_present if the file exists, otherwise [[Reference/Goto|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Goto</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </del>jump_otherwise. If you want to check to see if a file is a directory, use IfFileExists DIRECTORY\*.*</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Checks for existence of file(s) file_to_check_for (which can be a wildcard, or a directory), and [[Reference/Goto|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gotos</ins>]] jump_if_present if the file exists, otherwise [[Reference/Goto|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gotos</ins>]] jump_otherwise. If you want to check to see if a file is a directory, use IfFileExists DIRECTORY\*.*</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;highlight-nsis&gt;IfFileExists $WINDIR\notepad.exe 0 +2</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;highlight-nsis&gt;IfFileExists $WINDIR\notepad.exe 0 +2</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>MessageBox MB_OK &quot;notepad is installed&quot;&lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>MessageBox MB_OK &quot;notepad is installed&quot;&lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key n22049_wiki-wiki_:diff::1.12:old-21360:rev-21364 --> </table> Jan https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?title=Reference/IfFileExists&diff=21360&oldid=prev Jan: Created page with "=IfFileExists= file_to_check_for jump_if_present [jump_otherwise] Checks for existence of file(s) file_to_check_for (which can be a wildcard, or a directory), and [[Reference/..." 2011-11-27T18:57:43Z <p>Created page with &quot;=IfFileExists= file_to_check_for jump_if_present [jump_otherwise] Checks for existence of file(s) file_to_check_for (which can be a wildcard, or a directory), and [[Reference/...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=IfFileExists=<br /> <br /> file_to_check_for jump_if_present [jump_otherwise]<br /> <br /> Checks for existence of file(s) file_to_check_for (which can be a wildcard, or a directory), and [[Reference/Goto|Goto]]s jump_if_present if the file exists, otherwise [[Reference/Goto|Goto]]s jump_otherwise. If you want to check to see if a file is a directory, use IfFileExists DIRECTORY\*.*<br /> <br /> &lt;highlight-nsis&gt;IfFileExists $WINDIR\notepad.exe 0 +2<br /> MessageBox MB_OK &quot;notepad is installed&quot;&lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;</div> Jan