Copy a directory using NSIS .

The syntax is same for both directory and file, except that you need to specify a directory by providing a \ at the end. File command copies the directory if the specified argument is a directory. For eg, you can do:

SetOutPath "outputPath"
File "myDirectory\" #note back slash at the end

But that copies only the top level directory. To recursively do it, you have /r switch

SetOutPath "outputPath"
File /nonfatal /a /r "myDirectory\" #note back slash at the end

which copies the contents of myDirectory (but not myDirectory folder itself). /nonfatal ignores without an error if there is no particular directory. /a copies file attributes as well. /x switch is used to exclude files.

Otherwise,

SetOutPath "outputPath\myDirectory"
File /nonfatal /a /r "myDirectory\" #note back slash at the end

copies all the contents of myDirectory including myDirectory folder to outputPath.

The File instruction extracts files from your installer and CopyFiles copies files and/or directories that already exist on the end-users system (You can use $EXEDIR if you need to copy files off a dvd where your installer is also located...)

I found how to do it , sorry for the trouble .

Extract the files to a directory which can't exist beforehand

CreateDirectory $Installdir\extracting

SetOutPath $Installdir\extracting

File Directory\*