Publishing an (.exe) application

I have an application and I would like to make a windows installer in order to deploy it. I'd need good and free tools in order to make a .msi. I googled a bit without any 开发者_JAVA百科good finds :( . Thanks for anyhelp!

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Have you looked into the WIX toolkit?

For most installation tasks, it works quite well ... a bit underdocumented, perhaps - but it is free.

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Does it have to be a .msi?? Could be an .exe installer?

You can try InnoSetup. Simple to use and very powerfull.

Is you .exe app made with .Net or it's a native application? InnoSetup is well suited for native apps.

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There's always ClickOnce. As long as you're using C# or VB.NET it will do the job for you.

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If you're using Visual Studio simply create an installer project and add it to your solution. It allows you to create an MSI installer project with a few clicks.

If you don't have VS I would look into InnoSetup.