Installation Tools

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AIMED Solutions (Netherlands)
Offers advanced application installation and management solutions with a full range of capabilities and features for system administrators and software developers.

BizSoft SDK for InstallShield
An add-on DLL to InstallShield that provide utility functions for extending the built-in function library. By BizSoft Corporation.

Bulletproof Installs: A Developer's Guide to Install Programs for Windows
The book is a guide to InstallShield5, the Windows software distribution development environment. By Leslie Easter, Prentice Hall.

Boneman's Blog
MSI authoring hints and tips, focusing on Custom Action scripting and coding samples.

Camwood UK
Application packaging outsourcing consultancy specializing in portfolio, distribution and component management services using msi scripting and windows installer technology.

Dacris ActiSetup
Setup authoring tool for Windows Installer, which allows the creation of installation packages, merge modules, and patches. Data sheet, screenshots, and free trial version download.

Desktop Engineers Junk Drawer - Handy Odds N Ends for Windows 98, NT & 2000
A page on the web that aggregates various technical information about Windows Installer.

Desktop Packaging Services
Provider of fixed price Windows Installer installation packaging and repackaging services.

eWall.org
A mix of tutorials focused on repackaging software for Windows Installer, technical tips and tricks, rants and reviews.

InstallDialogue
Custom dialog extension for InstallShield Professional 5.x. By Moonsea Software.

InstallFromTheWeb
Seemless file downloads and software installation from the web. By InstallShield Software Corporation.

InstallAware
Windows Installer authoring, MSI compression, and MSI repackaging solutions. Whitepapers, product comparisons and free trial download.

InstallConstruct
A full featured Windows installer program, designed with a user-friendly expanding wizard system.

InstallWorld
Comprehensive Windows Installer news, reviews, and tutorials by company offering professional install and packaging services.

IzFree
A collection of free tools for authoring Windows Installer .MSI installation databases.

InstallShield Express
A visual and scriptless installation development system for applications targeting Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT. By InstallShield Software Corporation.

InstallShield Professional
Scriptable Windows software distribution system targeting Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. By InstallShield Software Corporation.

Let's Talk Computers - Interviews with Wise Solutions
Let's Talk Computers ranks as one of the longest running radio computer talk shows, distributing up-to-the minute computer information since 1989. Produced in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, it is broadcast via radio in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Texas and New Mexico and on the world wide web via the Internet.

MSI Tools
Tools to create and modify msi installation packages.

MSI2XML
A windows installer to XML bi-directional command line converter. (Daniel Gehriger)

myITforum.com : Wise Solutions Articles
MyITforum.com was created to be the Internet's premiere knowledge and information forum for IT professionals. The website provides IT administrators the opportunity to gain better insight about what they do by learning/sharing from other IT experts throughout the world.

Novadigm and Wise Solutions Announce Product Integration for Windows Installer Packages
Novadigm and Wise Solutions have announced a technology alliance that provides system administrators a fast track for the packaging and deployment of Windows Installer applications.

Packaging Team
Experts in application packaging services for Windows Installer MSI, SoftGrid and Citrix platforms.

PackageForTheWeb
Creates self-extracting exes or cab files for internet distribution an easy solution for packaging files, applications, and ActiveX controls. By InstallShield Software Corporation.

QuantumGraphica
Windows installer product with a difference - Flash or HTML user interfaces with all features of MSI-based installers including uninstall, rollback and repair.

Sagekey Software Inc.
Solution provider that specializes in building installations, developing add-on scripts, and software using Installshield.

SkinCrafter Installer
SkinCrafter Installer developer tool for MSI install packages skinning.

Success Systems Pty Ltd.
They specialise in assisting Companies with their migration to MSI (Windows Installer) Technology.

Sagekey Software Inc.
Provides add-on tools for Wise and Installshield. Software for building installations and testing them on English and Foreign language operating systems.

Visual Studio Installer
Graphical tool that simplifies the creation of application setup programs for distribution to single user or enterprise-wide desktops. (Microsoft)

Wikipedia: Windows Installer
Overview of the history and features of Microsoft Windows Installer.

Windows Installer XML Toolset
Open source toolset for building Windows Installer packages and modules using XML scripts.

WinINSTALL
Provides software installation technology using MSI or its own proprietary format. (OnDemand Software, Inc.)

Wise script library
Over hundred of scripts for the Wise Installation System.

Wise Solutions
Wise Solutions provides software distribution tools for Windows platforms. Installation tools include - InstallMaker, InstallBuilder, InstallMaster, InstallManager and Wise for Windows Installer.

ZettaServe
Application Packaging Service Provider providing fixed price application packages using Windows Installer technology.

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