Inno Setup: Stop trying to close application

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Inno Setup offers to close applications that might be interfering with the installation. Is there a way to exclude an application by name?

There is one specific application that should NOT be closed. When I run the setup as VERYSILENT, I can not untick this application being closed.

Thank you.

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What's your script? Is the application that can't close yours or a third party application? As far as I know there isn't a way to limit it based on the application name unless the install has been written to handle that situation. - mirtheil
The reason that these applications are listed is that they are holding open files that need to be replaced. As a result if they're not closed they will cause the installation to either fail or to require a reboot. - Miral

1 Answers

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There is no use to just disable the closing of one application. If that application hold a lock on one of your files (who needs updating) it will still require a restart. So why not just disable the whole CloseApplications functionality and let it restart if needed. It won't restart if it is not needed. (The only downside i see is it wants to restart if that one application is not running but another, who holds a lock on one of your files, is)

You can disable it by setting the following in [setup]:

CloseApplications=no

or using /NOCLOSEAPPLICATIONS as startup parameter.