Create your own installers for your applications.
Some users and programmers aren't at all convinced when it comes to using
Windows Installer (MSI), and prefer to use other professional solutions, like
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS).
This application allows to create
both simple as well as advanced installers by means of scripts. The use of these scripts by
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System allow the developer to create installers that can carry out all kinds of
different actions and that allow multiple possibilities.
Some of the
most important features of
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System are:
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Creation of installers that are compatible with all versions of Windows from
Windows 95 to
Windows 7.
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Small size of the resulting installer, only reaching a total size of 34 kB.
- Integration of
three compression methods: ZLib, BZip2 and LZMA.
- Creation of multi language installers, including 40 different languages that can be used. What's more, it support RTL (right-to-left writing) for Arab and Hebrew.
- Support for
plug-ins that will increase the possibilities offered by the application.
- And many more.
So, if you need an application that will allow you to
create an installer for your application, and you don't want to use the one developed by Microsoft,
download and install
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, it's free.