Create your own instllations with Inno Setup

Inno Setup can help you create your own installers and uninstallers. I have used Inno Setup in the past and recently and I have created an installer for 30 GB worth of data files and some custom scripting to detect installation folders, system config, etc. It is a very good install program with the most IMO worthy features as follows:

Support for all windows versions (including Vista) – both 32 bit and 64 bit
Choice of single executable or disk spanning
Custom Setup types
You can create custom pages for the installation
Different compression types – 7-Zip’s LZMA compression has excellent compression ratio and fast decompression
Integrated Pascal scripting engine
Very good community support and variety of example script
Many tools available to supplement the installer creation process (like ISTool, InnoSetup Form Designer, addons for downloading, license keys, etc.)

Overall excellent installer with a very small footprint. Strongly recommended!

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