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I am looking for suggestions to an alternative setup application from Install Shield. We are currently using Install Shield and I have never been impressed with it. It's way too bulky and the scripting system sucks. Has anyone had any better luck with any of the other products like WiX, Inno Setup, NSIS or InstallAware, etc? I am not worried about the cost, but what I am looking for is a very lightweight, easy to use application to bundle up our .exe and about 20 support DLLs, registering a few, setting up some registry values and install help. Can anyone recommend something they are using? It

Programmers that actually promote their products to production need an installer. (pre-emptive "programming related" justificaton.) For deploying a new suite of internal corporate apps and services, I'm trying to decide between using WIX and the InstallShield Express edition that comes with Visual Studio 2010. I've looked, but haven't found a feature matrix that highlights the features that are not in the express edition. I expect WIX to be generally quite capable, but more difficult to use, and have heard of situations that WIX doesn't support well. Has anyone found a feature matrix, or have

We've got a a quite simple WinForms application. I've created an installation using InstallShield LE which works fine on the first install. I'd like that users will be able to run the installation also for updating an existing copy. The problem is that I can't figure out what is the right way to create this update package. I've tried: Changing the Product Code - the installation works but a new entry is being created in Add/Remove programs and the old entry is not removed. Keeping the Product Code - Windows installer shouts: "another version of this product is already installed" Tried to play

I want to run my exe after installation using InstallShield. InstallShield completes the setup correctly but do not run the exe. I found another way to add an exe in startup but it runs after restart. I would like it to run without restart. Is it possible ? What version and edition of InstallShield are you using? Also what project type are you using? (InstallScript, InstallScript MSI, Basic MSI? ) Assuming Basic MSI, InstallShield has a built-in pattern to support this story: 1) Click on the Project Assistant Tab 2) Click on the Installation Interview Icon (Page) 3) Click Yes for "Do you want

Hello everyone and good day! Question : I had create a Basic InstallShield Project in my MSVC2010 , added some files and primary outputs and press build. Project compiled normally: there was created MSI, setup.exe, setup.ini and (WTF?!) local directory structure of files, which I'm trying to install (for example, "Program Files\My Company\app.exe, ..." files was copied there). I throught that this is not needed folder, so copied my setup files (MSI, setup.exe, setup.ini) to another folder and start installation. When process of installation come on to copy state, installer gave me the error,