!macro NSIS_HOOK_POSTINSTALL ; Check if Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is installed (via Windows Registry) ReadRegDWord $0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x64" "Installed" ${If} $0 == 1 DetailPrint "Visual C++ Redistributable already installed" Goto vcredist_done ${EndIf} ; Install from bundled MSI if not installed ${If} ${FileExists} "$INSTDIR\resources\vc_redist.x64.msi" DetailPrint "Installing Visual C++ Redistributable..." ; Copy to TEMP folder and then execute installer CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\resources\vc_redist.x64.msi" "$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.msi" ExecWait 'msiexec /i "$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.msi" /passive /norestart' $0 ; Check wether installation process exited successfully (code 0) or not ${If} $0 == 0 DetailPrint "Visual C++ Redistributable installed successfully" ${Else} MessageBox MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "Visual C++ installation failed. Some features may not work." ${EndIf} ; Clean up setup files from TEMP and your installed app Delete "$TEMP\vc_redist.x64.msi" Delete "$INSTDIR\resources\vc_redist.x64.msi" ${EndIf} vcredist_done: !macroend