Installers

 

Windows

General Information / Blogs

• Aaron Stebner’s WebLog – Visual Studio/MSI/WiX/etc
• AppDeploy Site – MSI,InstallShield,WiX,others
• InstallSite Blog – News/Blog

Inno Setup

• Inno Setup – Main Inno Setup program downloads. © 1997-2011 Jordan Russell
• Misc Inno 3rd party software – Other software (not mentioned below) and hosted on Inno homepage.
• Newsgroups for INNO Setup
• Online Documentation for INNO Setup
• Inno Setup Extensions Knowledge Base – ISXKB Site
• Code Tips & Tricks / Dialog’s – “Inno Code Snippets”

Other 3rd Party Applications/Scripts:

• Inno Script Studio – An IDE for Inno Setup written in Delphi. By Tim Chilvers
• Inno Setup – “PrepareToInstall v0.5.1” – Scripts to allow ‘auto’ downloading of needed redistributables for your installer. By Ton
• “Innounp.exe” – innounp.exe: Console EXE that unpacks installers made with Inno Setup. By QuickeneR
• Inno Setup Extractor – An “innounp GUI”. For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 (x86/x64). By Brady Shea

Harder To Find / Discontinued (?) Applications/Scripts:

• ISTool v5.3.0.1 – An IDE for Inno Setup written in C++. By Bjornar Henden
• Inno IDE v1.0.0.78 Installer or Source Code – An IDE for Inno Setup written in Delphi. By Graham Murt  ⊃ Archive Site
• “Inno Setup Script #Includes” – Use custom backgrounds/more. By Jan Albartus. Also can be downloaded here.
• Inno Setup Form Designer v204 (v208 – XP only) – Make custom forms for your installer. By Marc Hoffmann.
• Inno Script Generator v1.0.3.1 – Tool that helps to construct and maintain scripts for Inno Setup. Version 1.0.3.1. By Jonny Kwekkeboom.
• Inno Script Maker v5.1.6.9 – Tool that helps to construct and maintain scripts for Inno Setup. Version 5.1.6.9. By Jonny Kwekkeboom.
• Inno Key Generator v1022 – Registration/serial/activation script. By MJFreelancing
• UninsHS v2.1.0.277 – Add “Repair/Modify/Remove” options to your setup. By Han-soft.
• InnoTools Callback v0.1 – Provide [Code] functions to external DLLs. By Sherlock Software.
• InnoTools Tray v0.1.0 – Allow your installer to minimize itself at any time. By Sherlock Software.
• InnoTools Downloader v0.3.5 -Allows you to download files as part of your installation. By Sherlock Software.
• ISXDL.DLL – Recompiled ISXDL.DLL – Compiled by me under VS2008 + WTL8.1. Source By Bjornar Henden
• Inno Setup Unpacker GUI 0.2.3 – An “innounp GUI” for “Inno Setup” installers. By “Lainz”. Discontinued?
• Inno Setup Unpacker Explorer v1.0 – Original GUI for innounp.exe (2005). Deprecated/Outdated. By Richard Santaella.

NSIS/Nullsoft

• Nullsoft NSIS Homepage – Main page for NSIS installer wiki.
• Docs – User Manual / Documentation
• Plugin Area (wiki)

InstallShield/InstallAware/etc

• Flexera/Installshield Knowledge Base

MSI/WiX

• WiX Toolset – WiX toolset on CodePlex
• WiX Manual at Sourceforge.
• Windows Installer Best Practices – (MSDN Site)
• Guidelines for Packages – (MSDN Site)

Multi-OS

• InstallJammer – InstallJammer is a multiplatform GUI installer designed to be completely cross-platform and function on Windows and most all versions of UNIX with support for MacOS X coming soon. (Linux, Mac, Windows – cross-platform)

Mac DMG’s

• A nice article on making DMG “Installers”
• Another nice article on making DMG “Installers”

Redistributables/Runtimes/Information

• Locations of DirectX files Redist CABs
• XNA Framework Redist 4.0

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