Install upgraded NSIS 3.11 on Windows 2025 (#2785)

Signed-off-by: Chad Wilson <29788154+chadlwilson@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: chadlwilson

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -42,20 +42,22 @@ jobs:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
-      - name: Prep installer generation
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 1
-          Invoke-WebRequest "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/3.10/nsis-3.10-strlen_8192.zip/download" -UserAgent "PowerShell" -Outfile "./nsis.zip"
-          Expand-Archive -Force -LiteralPath ./nsis.zip -DestinationPath "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\"
-
       - name: Compile gauge
         run: |
           go run build/make.go --verbose --all-platforms
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse .\bin
 
+      - name: Install NSIS
+        env:
+          NSIS_VERSION: '3.11'
+        run: |
+          Invoke-WebRequest "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/${env:NSIS_VERSION}/nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}.zip/download" -UserAgent "PowerShell" -Outfile "./nsis.zip"
+          Expand-Archive -LiteralPath ./nsis.zip -DestinationPath "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\"
+          Invoke-WebRequest "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/${env:NSIS_VERSION}/nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}-strlen_8192.zip/download" -UserAgent "PowerShell" -Outfile "./nsis-8192.zip"
+          Expand-Archive -Force -LiteralPath ./nsis-8192.zip -DestinationPath "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}\"
+          echo "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
       - name: Create Distro
-        shell: pwsh
         run: |
           go run build/make.go --distro --bin-dir bin\windows_amd64
           go run build/make.go --distro --bin-dir bin\windows_386
@@ -232,7 +234,6 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://github.com/getgauge/chocolatey-packages
 
       - name: Deploy to Gauge $GAUGE_VERSION to choco
-        shell: pwsh
         env:
           API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}
         run: |

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd gauge-tests
           .\gradlew.bat clean jsFT
-        shell: pwsh
 
       - name: Install gauge and Run FTs (linux/osx)
         if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
@@ -202,11 +201,24 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+
+      - name: Install NSIS (windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        env:
+          NSIS_VERSION: '3.11'
+        run: |
+          Invoke-WebRequest "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/${env:NSIS_VERSION}/nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}.zip/download" -UserAgent "PowerShell" -Outfile "./nsis.zip"
+          Expand-Archive -LiteralPath ./nsis.zip -DestinationPath "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\"
+          Invoke-WebRequest "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/${env:NSIS_VERSION}/nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}-strlen_8192.zip/download" -UserAgent "PowerShell" -Outfile "./nsis-8192.zip"
+          Expand-Archive -Force -LiteralPath ./nsis-8192.zip -DestinationPath "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}\"
+          echo "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\nsis-${env:NSIS_VERSION}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
       - name: Build distro for ${{ matrix.os }}
         run: go run build/make.go  && go run build/make.go --distro
 

build/install/windows/gauge-install.nsi

@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@
 !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_LINK_LOCATION "https://docs.gauge.org"
 !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE
 !define MUI_COMPONENTSPAGE_TEXT_COMPLIST "Additional plugins can be installed using the command 'gauge install <plugin>'"
-; MUI 1.67 compatible ------
-!include "MUI.nsh"
 !include "MUI2.nsh"
 !include "x64.nsh"
 !include "winmessages.nsh"
-!include "FileFunc.nsh" ;For GetOptions
-!include "WordFunc.nsh"
-!include "nsDialogs.nsh"
 
 !define Explode "!insertmacro Explode"
 

version/version.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CurrentGaugeVersion represents the current version of Gauge
-var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 6, 20}
+var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 6, 21}
 
 // BuildMetadata represents build information of current release (e.g, nightly build information)
 var BuildMetadata = ""