Free Setup Maker By Its Best

• Inno Setup - Best of Freeware
  Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs, Support for all 32-bit Windows versions including for the latest Windows 2000/XP wizard style. It's create a single EXE to install your program for easy distribution online or on disk in standard wizard interface, Full source code is available, features include; Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop. Creation of registry and .INI entries. Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom. Complete uninstall capabilities. Installation of files. Silent install and uninstall.
  »» Download Inno Setup 5.2.3.exe (1,385kb) - Visit website

• Inno Setup Extensions (pascal scripting) - Best script added
  Inno Setup Extensions is currently based on Inno Setup 2.0.6 and adds 'advanced Pascal scripting' to Inno Setup. The advanced Pascal scripting feature adds lots of new possibilities to customize your Setup at run-time.
  »» Download Inno Setup Extensions 3.0.6.2 (1,3Mb) - Visit website


• FS ZIP Extractor - best of modify
  FS ZIP Extractor (FSZIPX) is a freeware zip self-extractor stub that allows you to create self-extracting zip archives that are run as an executable file. FS ZIP Extractor is used to modify zip files so that they can be unzipped without having any unZIP software installed. If a .zip file is made into a self-extracting .zip, the user can unzip the file(s) by clicking on the .exe. They would not need an unzip software installed on their computer.
  »» Download FSZIPX 1.3 (320kb) - Visit website


• GK Setup - best for internet distribution
  GkSetup allows you to create professional installations for your software. This free tool is mostly ideal for internet distribution. The easy user interface will reduce your support calls.
  »» Download GKSetup 2.35 (3,16mb) - Visit website


• SSE Setup - best for customization
  If you're looking for FREE customizable installation/uninstallation program, then this is for you. It can copy files, register DLL's/OCX's, create/set/delete registry entires both on installation and uninstallation. Create any number of links to any number of locations, etc. Plus upgrade/patch support and much more!
  »» Download SSE Setup 5.1 (3 MB) - Visit website
  
  
• Install Wizard Creator - best easy of use
  Install Wizard Creator is an en extremely easy to use 3-Step program that creates professional looking Install programs. Just follow the Creator's simple instructions and it will produce a quality 4-Page Installer. This program is specifically designed for those who find the other Setup or Install Makers too complex.
  »» Download Install Wizard Creator (523Kb) - Visit website
  
  
• Xenoage Java Exe Starter - best solver (execute jar file in exe)
  In Java you can generate executable jar-files but most Windows users are only familiar with exe files. Moreover it is not possible to assign icons to a Java Archive. This program solves these problems by generating an exe, with an arbitrary icon, that starts the jar when it is launched.
  »» Download Xenoage Java Exe Starter 2 0 - Visit website


• RedShift Installation System - Best real time preview
  RedShift enables you to create a very simple, smart looking software installer in seconds, Its builds a single, self contained executable file which you can then distribute. RedShift displays a realtime preview of your installer while you are working - saving you time since you don't need to keep rebuilding just to see if everything looks fine.
  
  
  • Name your installer & choose a splash image
  • Type or paste in your software license text
  • Select your folder of files to be installed
  • Enter shortcuts to your exe and help files
  • Click 'Build'
  
  »» Download RedShift Installation System - visit website
  

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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

If you are looking for a professional Windows Installer for internet distribution, then try NSIS,
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a small and flexible script-based tool for Installing applications and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks.

NSIS can create Windows installers that are capable of installing, uninstalling, setting system settings, extracting files, etc. Because NSIS is based on script files, you can create both simple and advanced installers.

Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.

Key Features:

• Small overhead size
• Compatible with all major Windows versions
• Unique compression methods
• Script based
• Multiple languages in one installer
• Many features and checks for the target system
• Custom dialogs and interfaces
• Plug-in system
• Support for web installation, file patching
• Project integration, different releases and automatic builds
• Easy and human readable file formats
• Portable Compiler

Download NSIS 2.36 (1.49MB)
Visit Publisher's website

Levent's Setup Maker v1.0

Levent's Setup Maker is a small and fast setup maker tool for Visual Basic programmers, includes an Uninstaller and your Program will be added Add/Remove Programs list.

Features:

• Fast-Small-Extracter exe (adds only 32 kb to your application)
• Adds your program to Add/Remove Programs List
• Includes Uninstaller (Optional)
  

Usage:

1. Choose the directory that contains files of your program (Note:Sub-Directories are not supported.You must put all files in same directory)
2. Enter a path in "Install to" part this path will be prompted to user at installation.
3. Enter the name of your program.
4. Click "Include Uninstaller" to Include your application.
5. Click "Create EXE".
6. A file called "setup.exe" will be created under same directory with Setup Maker. You can Zip it with another application such as WinZip.

Download Levent's Setup Maker

VB Setup Wizard

Visual Basic Setup wizard is VB Tools designed to give Visual Basic programmers more flexibility when they get to the point of deploying their own applications.
This Visual Basic Tools are freeware...

Try it & get experienced today!

Blogger for Word Setup (OOT)

Now you can use Blogger right within Microsoft® Word. Just download and install the Blogger for Word add-in and a Blogger toolbar will be added to Word allowing you to:
* Publish to your blog
* Save drafts
* Edit posts

>Read terms of service here! or Start to download!

# Fast download - about 5 minutes on a modem (2MB)
# Requires Windows XP or 2000
# Requires Word 2000 or higher
# Requires a Blogger account

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1 is the latest update to the graphical tool that simplifies the creation of application setup programs for distribution to single user or enterprise-wide desktops. New with Visual Studio Installer 1.1 is side-by-side installation of versioned DLLs. Setups created with the Visual Studio Installer provide advanced capabilities such as centralized distribution for maintenance and updates, application self-repair, and powerful installation rollback facilities.

Download Now:
setup1.exe
setup2.exe
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718352.aspx

Visual Studio 6.0 SP5 setup on Vista RTM

This tutorial teaches you to install Visual Studio 6 with Service pack 5 under Windows Vista RTM. I don't know if it works for Service pack 6 but I recommend sp5 anyhow.

- Right click on Setup.EXE from the Visual Studio 6 CD (MSVS98) and choose 'Run As Administrator' (take note it doesn't matter if your user is already an administrator you still must 'Run as Administrator')
- You may encounter some strange 'Yes/No' questions which you may not know the answers to that have not prompted you during Visual Studio Setup before. I don't remember what I clicked exactly, but I remember one of them said 'Do you want to overwrite your 'blah blah' settings?' and I clicked 'No'.
- You will need to reboot twice during installation
- Before running Service pack 5 setup, you must make modifications to the file 'sp598ent.stf' here's how to do that (note some of the spaces have been truncated, try to not remove the extra space in the stf file when modifying it)...

Step 1) Open C:\ServicePack5Dir\sp598ent.stf with 'Notepad.exe'
Step 2) Replace the following line;

13 Group 28 36 38 29 30 32 26 27 14 25 16 17 20 18 19 15 39 21 22 24 23 43

-with-

13 Group 28 38 29 30 32 26 27 14 25 16 17 20 18 19 15 39 21 22 24 23 43

Step 3) Delete the following lines leaving only a carriage return where it was

36 Depend "27 ? : 37"
37 IsWin95 CustomAction "sp598ent.dll,CheckForMDAC"

Step 4) Save and close C:\ServicePack5Dir\sp598ent.stf

- If you do not wish to modify this file yourself, you may download it directly from this url...
http://www.tnexgen.com/vs6sp5/sp598ent.stf
- Once you are done with that, you must run right click 'setupsp5.exe' and choose 'Run as Administrator' (if you do not run as administrator it will not work)
- Service Pack 5 Setup should work fine now.

Inno Setup Download link

Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs that rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.

Support for all 32-bit Windows versions in use today, create a single EXE to install your program for easy distribution online or on disk (disk spanning is supported), standard wizard interface, including support for the latest Windows 2000/XP wizard style.

Full source code is available, features include; Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop. Creation of registry and .INI entries. Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom. Complete uninstall capabilities. Installation of files. Silent install and uninstall.

Download Inno Setup ver.5.1.11
Visit Official web of Inno setup

Free Urthman's Setup LST Editor

Setup Editor

Edit your Setup.Lst files to take control of the installation of your applications.

Easy to use....

Keeps track of changes and edits for quick fixes on future versions of your Visual Basic software package.

Download Free Urthman Setup LST Editor