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Advanced Installer is a setup authoring tool which is primarily used to creates 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

Useful links:

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Silent installation of a MSI package

I have a MSI package that I need to install if the package is not already installed. Also I need to install it silently. The package prompts user for: Installation location (C:\Program Files\Foobar) Install type: minimal and full (minimal) I need…
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What installation product to use? InstallShield, WiX, Wise, Advanced Installer, etc

I'm currently doing some investigation on moving off of the installation package we currently use (Wise Installer 9) and moving to something that will handle things like Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 64-bit systems. Localization of the installers…
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Is there a good alternative to Install Shield?

I am looking for suggestions to an alternative setup application from Install Shield. We are currently using Install Shield and I have never been impressed with it. It's way too bulky and the scripting system sucks. Has anyone had any better…
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How do I avoid common design flaws in my WiX / MSI deployment solution?

How do I avoid common design flaws in my WiX / MSI deployment solution? Deployment is a crucial part of most development - failed deployment means your end user will never get to evaluate your product. This could easily be the most expensive error…
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How can I compare the content of two (or more) MSI files?

How can I do a "content compare" of two (or more) MSI files and see what is actually different inside the files - instead of doing a useless binary compare? (which obviously only tells me if I am dealing with copies of the same file or not). Some…
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What are ProductCode & UpgradeCode & GUID? How to detect if certain application/library is already installed on the user machine?

I've already gone through: Check if the application is already installed Detecting if a program is already installed with NSIS http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Add_uninstall_information_to_Add/Remove_Programs My questions are little more in depth and…
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SQL Server Silent installation get error during installation

I want to install SQL Server Express (preferably 2008 or 2014) silently using Advanced Installer. I followed the instructions in two document created by advanced installer online: How to Install SQL Server Express and here is a sample *.aip file to…
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Increment version number in advanced installer

I read a little of the help for my advanced installer 6.5.1 and couldn't find a way to change the version string except by hand.
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Windows Error 2356

A client is having some problems installing my software on their machine. The exact error code they get is "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is…
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The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid

Our project has been renamed and so I'm updating the shortcuts in my installer using Advanced Installer (although the problem isn't limit to this platform, see the answer). The new shortcuts won't work from the Desktop or Start Menu but will work…
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How can I create an installer (msi) in visual studio express 2010?

I have just finished creating a wpf application in visual studio express C# and need to create an installer file. This is going on just a couple of machines because it is a personal program for me. I have looked into Advanced Installer using the…
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How reliable is Advanced Installer?

I am trying to use Advanced Installer as an application installer and auto-updater. Most of the resources is available on Advanced Installer website only. Have any one used it before? I would like to hear more about bugs / stability issues if there…
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Advanced installer Setup.exe - command line switch to uninstall package

Using Advanced installer, I've created a package resulting in an EXE (there are deployment features that couldnt be contained within a plain MSI file). Now, while Advanced Installer allows me to pass through command line parameters to the underlying…
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Is it possible to copy files before and after some command execution from installer to user's machine in Advanced Installer?

Is it possible to copy files from installer to user's machine before and after specific set of commands execution successful? I have to execute XYZ command which needs some library files, so I want to copy these libraries from installer to user's…
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How do I avoid triggering MSI self-repair with my WiX / MSI package?

How do I avoid triggering self-repair from my WiX generated MSI package? This is a Q/A-style question with an answer that just list a few things not to do in your MSI file to avoid the most common causes of repeating self-repair.
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