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Advanced Installer is a setup authoring tool which is primarily used to create Windows Installer MSI packages. It also includes features and dedicated tools designed for application deployment tasks.

Advanced Installer is a setup authoring tool which creates installers and software packages. It has both free and commercial editions.

It is primarily used for creating Windows Installer MSI packages for Windows applications, but it can also be used to create:

  • Microsoft App-V packages
  • Microsoft UWP packages (.appx)
  • VMware ThinApp packages
  • MAC OS X ZIP packages
  • Windows CE CAB files
  • Microsoft Office and Visual Studio add-in and extension packages
  • Visual Studio add-in/extension packages (.vsix)

Advanced Installer also includes dedicated tools for:

  • delivering application updates
  • integrating a trial period and licensing mechanism into an application
  • repackaging existing packages

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Running .bat file before .exe automatically in Advanced Installer

I'm new to Advanced Installer. After Installing the file setup, I need to run a ".bat" file before running my ".exe" file every time. I found to add it, setting it's attributes as (Hidden, Vital and System), but I need to run it every time before…
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Install not working on Windows 7

I have an install that is made in Advanced Installer that works fine in Windows 8 & 10, but fails on Windows 7. Does a Windows 7-client have any requirements for connecting to a SQL Server (2012, on a different machine), that a Windows 8 or 10…
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Maven store MD5 checksum of file and file size in properties then filter another file

I am wondering if there is a way in Maven to calculate the MD5 checksum and size of a file, put them into properties then use those properties to filter (text replace) parameters in another file. I am trying to generate a config file for Advanced…
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How can I tell whether a property was passed in via command line?

I have a situation where I want to initialize APPDIR via a C# custom action, but I only want to do so if APPDIR wasn't supplied as a command line argument (there's custom logic which occurs in our bootstrapper which I want to use in setting the…
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Executing multiple exe at the end of installation in Advanced Installer

I want to execute two files after installation is finished but i don't want them to shows UAC dialogs. I have tried to use maximum execution level but its not working.
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Executable file not quitting on Windows after wrapping and using installer

I'm trying to create a Windows installer out of a jar file. Everything has been successful till the final stages. I used launch4j to wrap the jar file into an exe file then used both, Advanced-Installer and Inno-Setup to create MSI folders. They…
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How to attach MySQL database with java application by using Advanced Installer

I have created a Desktop java application which uses (EasyPHP) MySQL database, now I'm trying to create an EXE file of the application by using Advanced Installer, I have problem with attaching the database with the exe file. Can anyone help me how…
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How to create a .msi that installs in multiple locations with advanced installer

How to create a .msi that installs in multiple locations with advanced installer?
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Installing Windows Service from within merge module using parameter

I want to install a service from within a merge module. The service StartName and Password should be configured by user. My installer is configured as following module.msm My Module has Id C68FD1DE_B6A0_4BC1_A7BB_D7DBF65F2DB7 and defines two…
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Merge Module using Advanced Installer

I created 2 .msi files using Advanced Installer. Then I created a Merge Module project in Advanced Installer and added these 2 msi files. I then added the Merge Module into my main installer. I have the following questions: When I execute my main…
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In Advanced Installer, how to detect a 32bit process within 64bit machine?

In Advanced Installer, how can I know if a 32bit process is running within a 64bit machine? I need to know this in order to prevent final users to install our application in given scenarios. Our approach is to use custom actions to detect if a given…
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Overwrite files based on "Newer version then newer date" rule

In InstallShield, it allows us to overwrite files with "Newer version then newer date" rule. Can anyone tell me it is possible to implement such a function in Advanced Installer? Thank you!
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Desktop icon is not being shown properly

I am using Advanced Installer to create the installer of java based desktop application, it is working fine. I added a desktop shortcut icon of the EXE, when i install the application on my system its desktop icon is correct as i defined when…
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Deployment issues regarding some resources

I am having a issue regarding my deployment of my software in Visual Studio 2012. First of all I am not able to install the "InstallShield Limited Edition" through VS12 so I am currently testing out Advanced Installer instead. Mys issue comes due…
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How to set jar application to use Java 6 instead of 7

How can I set my java jar application to use jre 6 instead of jre 7? I'm doing this because there are some compatibility issue with the libraries I'm using if the application use jre 7. Edit: The application will come with its own installers (using…
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