Zoom7000 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 How can I create my own MSI installs? Is it hard work? Is there a cost to it? I would like to install a program. It simply requires copying the program engine to a location, copying some DLL files, registering an OCX file and creating shortcuts. I have tried using a batch script and xcopy, but I get a sharing violation when trying to copy the DLLs.So would it be possible to create my own MSI using Windows Installer? Or is there a simpler way around my issue?Zoom7000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretNinja Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 have a look at winstall le 2003 http://www.ondemandsoftware.com/PurchaseLE.asp its fairly cheep and works reasonably well for basic tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 http://dev4pc.com/installer2go.htmlI use Installer2Go. Not compelled to register as it remains fully functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajua Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 if you are willing to spend some money, choose Caphyon Advanced Installer from www.caphyon.com it has many features, its esasy to use, can make software patches to apply updates, it imports .reg files to deploy via installers, and many more. Thats why i use (i make administrative software in my spare time). Also it helps me make msi's for many apps that i install my unattended dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbareis Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 (edited) As you didn't say how the XCOPY, or other deployment occurs or to what directory (and why) or what policies are in place its not possible to answer, however for a freeware tool which build MSI you could have a look at the MAKEMSI tool. Edited December 9, 2006 by dbareis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 http://wix.sf.net - Windows Installer XML Toolkithttp://wixedit.sf.net - GUI Editor for WIXBut you need a bit of knowledge about MSIs internals. Anyway, you should be able to read everything about that at MSDN.sorry, just noticed on the second look how old that topic is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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