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Pinning a Java application to the Windows 7 taskbar

I don’t have Windows 7 but here is something that might get you started: On the Java side: package com.stackoverflow.homework; public class MyApplication { static native boolean setAppUserModelID(); static { System.loadLibrary(“MyApplicationJNI”); setAppUserModelID(); } } And on the native side, in the source code of the `MyApplicationJNI.dll library: JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_com_stackoverflow_homework_MyApplication_setAppUserModelID(JNIEnv* env) { LPCWSTR id … Read more

How to automatically update an application installed with Inno Setup

Inno Setup does not have any built-in mechanism for implementing automatic updates. You need to implement that yourself: Make your application check for new versions (against your application webpage?). E.g. on startup (on a background thread?) If the application detects a new version, make it download an installer to a temporary location. Make the application … Read more