Inno Setup is a top-quality script-driven installation system. This amazing (and free of cost) tool easily rivals today’s prominent commercial installers in terms of its stability and overall feature set. Here are some prominent features of this utility:
• It supports Windows 2000, Windows XP (also the x64 edition), Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
• The utility offers extensive support for 64-bit applications’ installation on Windows XP as well as on Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, both IA-64 and x64 architectures are supported.
• The utility supports creation of a single EXE in order to install software for trouble-free online distribution.
• The utility supports disk spanning.
• The utility consists of integrated support for “deflate”, 7-Zip LZMA and bzip2 file compression. Furthermore, the installer can easily compare the information of file version, utilize shared file counting, replace in-use files, install fonts and register DLL/OCXs as well as type libraries.
• Adding shortcuts on both the desktop and the Start Menu.
• Making INI and registry file entries.
• The support for multilingual installs.
• Silent uninstall and install functionalities.
• Greater support for encrypted and password enabled installs.
Furthermore, some recent modifications are as follows:
• Compiler IDE changes.
• Setup now instructs the edit of controls.
• Due to on-disk space checks, the setup questions the closest volume mount point instead of the root.
Therefore, all this should give you enough reasons to invest your time and energy in Inno Setup.
Now you can create professional-looking setup programs, with ease.
