Comments: By far one of the easiest and most complete installation maker I've tried to date.Does it work on all versions of Windows? Yes (Win95+).I had no troubles what-so-ever with this program. How well does it work? Extremely well.Does the author offer support? No, but user manual is very clear on operation of the program.Perhaps I'm missing something that others will be able to pick up, but for me this program was a waste of time and disk space. Comments: After six tries to create an installer with this program I gave up.Does it work on all versions of Windows? Couldn't say.How well does it work? Not at all for me.Does the author offer support? Web based and slow.Is it easy to use? Absolutely not, I couldn't get this program to work correctly after half a dozen attempts.It's pretty simple and straightforward, and does create a compressed single installation file of your program, but it was designed primarily for VB programmers and the lack of an uninstaller creation is a poor oversight by the author in my opinion. Comments: All in all I'd rate QuickInstaller a 7 out of 10.Does it work on all versions of Windows? I believe so.How well does it work? It seems to work very well, and has most of the common features expected in an installation maker with the exception of an automatic uninstaller generation for the applications.Does the author offer support? Sort of - an extra downloadable Help file is available.I've used it for several Liberty BASIC programs and I recommend it. The installation looks very professional. It compiles your program and installation into a single EXE file for distribution. Setup2Go gives you the option to add your app to the Start Menu, add a desktop icon, automatically view the readme file on installation, etc. The various features are presented in a tab-type option dialog, so you can access them easily. There is an optional wizard to guide you through the process, then you can customize the installation if you want to. This program is freeware and it is very easy to use. YES, I have ONLY tried creating installers for Liberty BASIC created programs. My favorites among the ones I have tried are: Also, this install maker provides for some stylistic variations in how your installer appears to the user. The online help file is not too precise to learn from, but that Wizard included with the application is VErY GOOD. It comes with a very neat Wizard to walk you through the install making process. ClickTeam Install Maker-Definitely a good one, also compresses your installation file.Gentee Setup Generator-Useful, but found somewhat awkward couldn't control the arrangment of some of the files used for the LB package.You can still use Winzip or some other zip tool to compress the installation file after creation. This one does not compress to create the installation file. Levent's Set up Malker-The absolute easiest to use, and small.Compresses your files into an installation file. Setup2Go-Good one, very elaborate to use but provides for making a good useful installation file.Several Reviews by Gary, AKA tooanalytical Maybe I am wrong about this but the above are just the views of someone who has very little knowledge in these things. I feel that this would be a problem if people decided to install to a different directory to the default one. Apparently, this can only be overcome by specifying complete paths within the LB coding. The shortcut (produced on the desktop) does not work. iss file to ensure that the program created everything in its right folder. After many attempts, I decided that I would have to get my hands dirty and manually alter the. The installer kept creating these images inside the new main folder. My program was using some images which were located inside a sub-folder,inside my main folder. I soon realised that the wizard would probably make it easier than I had anticipated, but I immediately hit a problem. However, I decided to try to set up an installer file for one of my programs. My first impression was that it looked far too complicated for me to understand. Setup Generator Pro (shareware, no longer supported) - Īfter a bit of research, I chose InnoSetup.Setup Generator (freeware, no longer supported).The Installers This is a list of freeware and shareware installation programs.
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