MSI Package

[GrammatonJP]

What do you guys use ? also can you package program that some guy wrote ?

anyone follow this method ? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718/EN-US/

 

[MrChad]

I've had good luck with Nullsoft's free NSIS Installer.

 

[GrammatonJP]

OK ill try it out... I used some old stuff before.. but haven't touch this for a while... thanks

 

[Brazen]

Last I knew, NSIS could not make msi packages. I've used WinInstall to some success but it should only be a last resort. The best way is to try and extract an msi. You can look on appdeploy.com in their package database for instructions on how to extract an msi for many many programs. If there is no way to extract an msi (as is the case with installers using NSIS) you can find the command line switches to do a silent install and use the Windows Installer Wrapper Wizard to create an msi that calls the scripted install.

 

[GrammatonJP]

Thanks for the help.. i will check that site

 

[Zugzwang152]

Inno Setup

 

[Brazen]

Hmm, pretty sure Inno also does not support msi files. I remember looking into before on why the open source installer apps don't support msi, and for whatever reason it was evident that they will NEVER support msi. I think it might have been licensing or something.

 

[Brazen]

Hey OP, what's the program you want an msi for? And why do you want an msi? For group policy deployment or something?