Best setups software for free download

Easy Install Maker is a professional and easy-to-use installation software for creating compact setups. Easy Install Maker offers full support for uninstallation, license agreements, ReadMe files, shortcuts creation, registry editing, and much more.
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Smart Install Maker is a powerful and convenient means for creation of installers. Possesses the simple, convenient and understandable interface. A modern user interface, help and wizards allow you to create professional setups in minutes.
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AWinstall is a professional, efficient and easy-to-use setup builder for creating compact and intelligent setups for your Win32 and .NET applications. A modern user interface, help and wizards allow you to create professional setups in minutes.
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Create Windows compatible software installers. Compress your application into single exe-file setups. Approaches the gold standarts and has advanced set of features. Multilanguage and .NET support. Has very small size of an extractor module (48Kb).
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Now with Setup Squeezer for Windows Installer and Setup Squeezer for InstallShield, you can take advantage of InstallAware`s industry-leading package compression - without having to migrate your setup projects.

Setup Squeezer offers :

* Simplicity - a very simple wizard interface helps you intelligently unpack and repackage existing setups.

* Cross-Platform Support - the Setup Squeezer runtime supports all modern versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows Vista.

* Greater User Control - Unlike with other tools, users can click cancel to abort the extraction process.

* Very Small Footprint - The extraction can be performed with as little as 32MB of physical memory.

* Nested Installation Support - Nested installation packages are recursively scanned, opened, and automatically recompressed.

* Advanced Package Compression - Setup Squeezer performs up to 5x better than ZIP, CAB, RAR, or SITX formats.

* Improved User Experience - Setup Squeezer improves download performance and reduces user frustration with rapid unpacking.

* Rapid Compression - Realize significant time savings when running Setup Squeezer on dual-core and hyper-threaded machines.

Setup Squeezer compression technology provides the best rates in the compression industry, outperforming all traditional archive management and setup creation programs:

* Setup Squeezer's data crunching algorithm ensures that setups are as small as possible.
* The advanced LZMA encoder used in InstallAware uses technologically superior methods of eliminating redundancies across multiple files.
* Setup Squeezer provides BCJ2 filters that pre-process your executables and increase their compressibility.
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CreateInstall offers an excellent scalable all round deployment solution for software development authors even if you are just looking for a simple, once off, box standard "setup.exe" installation. The resulting "setup.exe" installation file, is very simple to generate, and the combined compressed resulting file carry's a tiny overhead which is also very portable across the windows range of platforms.

CreateInstall has an array of simple customizable wizards, which make's single and multi-projects simple to construct, enhance, manage and when required batch process.

You can start with the basic product using the wizards and advanced your installations based on an English style functionality driven Gentee programming language which shares some similarities in syntax with C or php.
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Now with Setup Squeezer for Windows Installer and Setup Squeezer for InstallShield, you can take advantage of InstallAware`s industry-leading package compression - without having to migrate your setup projects.

Setup Squeezer offers :

* Simplicity - a very simple wizard interface helps you intelligently unpack and repackage existing setups.

* Cross-Platform Support - the Setup Squeezer runtime supports all modern versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows Vista.

* Greater User Control - Unlike with other tools, users can click cancel to abort the extraction process.

* Very Small Footprint - The extraction can be performed with as little as 32MB of physical memory.

* Nested Installation Support - Nested installation packages are recursively scanned, opened, and automatically recompressed.

* Advanced Package Compression - Setup Squeezer performs up to 5x better than ZIP, CAB, RAR, or SITX formats.

* Improved User Experience - Setup Squeezer improves download performance and reduces user frustration with rapid unpacking.

* Rapid Compression - Realize significant time savings when running Setup Squeezer on dual-core and hyper-threaded machines.

Setup Squeezer compression technology provides the best rates in the compression industry, outperforming all traditional archive management and setup creation programs:

* Setup Squeezer's data crunching algorithm ensures that setups are as small as possible.
* The advanced LZMA encoder used in InstallAware uses technologically superior methods of eliminating redundancies across multiple files.
* Setup Squeezer provides BCJ2 filters that pre-process your executables and increase their compressibility.
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Stunning User Interface:
InstallAware Express offers setup themes true to the meaning of the word, themes that are unique and highly customized. Far from a change of colors or just supporting the new Windows XP appearance, setup themes bring new life to installer user interface design.

Web, CD, and SFX Builds:
CD/DVD builds offer an uncompressed setup layout that spans multiple directories.
Web Builds, when run, download only the minimum required/selected components from the web onto the end-user's system.
Single EXE Builds are ideal for offline/network installations. The entire installation is tightly packed into a single executable file.

Superior 7ZIP Compression:
InstallAware provides a ground-breaking data crunching algorithm to make sure setups are as small as possible. The advanced LZMA encoder used in 7ZIP uses technologically superior methods of eliminating redundancies across multiple files, and performs especially well with executable binaries.

Remarkably Easy and Quick:
The InstallAware Express IDE is tailored for developers who need to get things done fast! In less than 30 minutes, you will have a workable setup; and we're willing to bet your entire setup will be complete well before the day is over. We didn't sacrifice simplicity to power either - the visual IDE is accessible, and powerful. From defining custom setup features to creating file type associations, you have a lot of power in your hands.

Based on Windows Installer Technology:
The Windows Installer databases created by InstallAware Express all pass ICE tests with no extra effort on your part, helping your application earn the coveted Designed for Windows logo direct from Microsoft.

HTML/Flash Progress Dialogs:
You have the full power of HTML/Flash in your progress dialogs - a hands on, interactive experience for your users. Educate and entertain your users while your application is installing - make a lasting, positive first impression.
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Exclusive! Run Nested MSI Setups and Capture Progress
Deploy any MSI setup seamlessly within your InstallAware Wizard - even capture progress from the nested MSI. Install any feature set that the MSI offers, fully customizing the setup from the command line.

Exclusive! Multi-Instance Support on All Windows Platforms
Allow users to install multiple copies of your application on the same system, without requiring instance transforms or adding an MSI 3.0 dependency. Supports Windows 95 through Windows Vista.

Exclusive! Dynamic Feature Lists
Use MSIcode and variables to define product features based on target conditions or user entitlements. Only InstallAware provides feature-level customizations at runtime.

Exclusive! System Tray Minimized Setups
The new System Tray MSIcode command allows you to minimize your setup as an icon in the system tray. Use the MessageBalloon command to prompt users when a process needs their attention.

Exclusive! Dynamic User Validation
Use the included Authentication sample project to pass parameters or credentials to your website and save the results in a local file, which you search for the required authentication. Open access to certain features or to the entire setup.

Exclusive! Automatic Removal of Prior Versions
When a previous version is detected, InstallAware will provide the option to uninstall it before proceeding with the installation - automatically. Other Windows Installer tools simply allow the setup to fail and exit.

Exclusive! Compression Hyperthreading
Dual core, hyperthreaded processors, and multi processor systems are automatically detected, allowing compression tasks to be spread across multiple (logical) CPUs to reduce build times.

Enhanced! Setup Repackaging
Convert setups to Windows Installer format by capturing the system changes made during the installation process. Enhanced to reduce package clean-up tasks.
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Exclusive! Detect and Manage Setups on Virtual Machines
Now InstallAware can check your target system and detect whether the operating system is running on a virtual machine. A simple checkbox lets you limit distributions to physical machines.

The Only Installer with Vista Glass Support
Now with Vista Glass support, InstallAware's powerful dialog editor lets you customize the 15 pre-built setup themes, or design your own. A full range of visual controls are available, including Explorer-style browsers, HTML/Flash containers, and now custom glass surfaces.

Exclusive! Extend Setups with Plug-Ins
Build your own setup plug-ins that natively interact with InstallAware MSIcode. Use your favorite programming language to perform complex setup tasks, without being encumbered by MSI constraints or a foreign development environment.

Integrated Debugging
Debug your setups visually with the integrated debugger. Set variable watches, step through code line by line, override variable values.

Enhanced! Simplified Translation Tools
Use InstallAware's visual localization tool to translate your user interface and MSIcode text, or send the freely-redistributable localization tool to an off-site service so they can perform the localization for you. Switch languages at compile time or runtime. Existing translations are preserved when making changes to your MSIcode and user interface.

Exclusive! Collect User Feedback and Product Registrations
An easily edited sample project demonstrates how to perform online user registration as part of the installation process. When uninstalling, the project asks the user for product feedback and submits it to your website.

New! Serial Number Generation
A new sample project provides MSIcode to build a unique 25 digit serial number generator and perform serial number validation in your wizard based on variables such as username, company, and/or other criteria. Serial numbers are not restricted to a simple range of numbers.
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Exclusive! Simplified Windows Installer MSI Development
InstallAware's powerful MSIcode simplifies setup development by transparently managing all of your Windows Installer conditions, installation sequences and parameters using a concise and human-readable setup language. Drop-in setup actions are configured using dialogs, without requiring programming skills. MSIcode builds a standard Windows Installer database package that fully supports advertising, install-on-demand, elevated privilege installation, and resiliency.

Exclusive! Mirrored Code and Visual Development
InstallAware's advanced development tools include wizards, templates, drag-and-drop editing, and refined task views-with the added benefit of immediate MSIcode generation. Start a project in seconds in with visual tools, then switch to the Code View to add branching logic, variables, and advanced configuration options. Unlike InstallShield's isolated script and visual environments, when you modify settings in one view, the other view changes instantly.

Exclusive! One-Click Technology Preinstalls
Deploy technology modules and runtimes, such as Microsoft SQL Express 2005, from your setup in a single step. Any related preinstalls are added to your project automatically. Plus, the preinstall sequence branches by platform.

Exclusive! Multi-Core Compression
InstallAware uses all available processor cores during the build process to reduce build times. You have the latest in hardware - why let your software hold you down? Build twice as fast with a dual core processor, and four times as fast with a quad core processor. Scale up to more cores effortlessly and automatically.

Exclusive! Superior Compression
Reduce the size of your setups and download packages by up to 5x with the LZMA compression algorithm and BCJ2 compression pre-processors. Only InstallAware provides advanced compression for Windows Installer setups.
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Exclusive! Set up 64 Bit and 32 Bit Systems with the Same Installer
Detect and support ia64 and x64 systems including Itanium, AMD64, and EM64T. Only InstallAware allows you to ship a single hybrid MSI for both your 32 bit and 64 bit customers.

Exclusive! First to Support Windows Vista
InstallAware version 6, released June 2006, is the first setup solution to market with full Windows Vista support. Detect and target setups for Vista systems, and install into restricted user accounts.

Exclusive! 1-Click Patching
Select your old and new setups, click Build Patch, and InstallAware automatically generates a native MSP-file that is packaged using advanced compression.

Exclusive! Refined User Interface
Deliver setups that display the latest visual themes. 15 unique dialog themes, non-rectangular setup windows, plus Flash and HTML billboards, make your setups more interesting and more interactive.

Exclusive! WebAware Installation™ Technology
Reduce download size by removing technology dependencies (such as the .NET Framework) or rarely used features from your main setup file. The main setup will download them seamlessly from the web as needed. Files required by the minimum configuration are included in the main package, which installs without a web connection.

Extend Setups with Custom Programs
Run any program as part of your setup, without requiring a particular program location or having to install the program together with your setup. Run before/after your install/uninstall, or even from the finish dialog.

Five Minutes to an Installer
Build setups in minutes using wizards, templates, and samples. Then make refinements using InstallAware's intuitive task-based views.

Java Installation Support
Build Java application installations, with support for preinstalling Java Virtual Machines and runtime environments on Windows systems. Complete project sample included.
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Rapidly build Windows Installer MSI installs
Our Windows Installer authoring tool makes it a snap to create professional MSI installs. No complex scripting or database knowledge required.

Microsoft Windows Standards Compliant
Create installs that fulfill the requirements for the Microsoft Windows logo certification process. Administrators can use your MSI setups to silently and automatically deploy packages onto thousands of corporate workstations.

Based on WiX (Windows Installer XML) Technology
Empower your setups using the same technology that Microsoft teams internally use to build world-class installers, such as the Office suite.

The Only IDE with Automatic WiX XML Code Generation
As you use the WiXAware visual designers to configure your settings like files, shortcuts, and registry keys, WiXAware generates the underlying XML code for you. Switch to the XML view to review the code that has been generated, with the ability to directly edit it. Switch back to the visual designers, and your latest changes are reflected. WiXAware even offers a visual dialog editor with automatic WiX code generation and two-way integrated editing.

Sign packages with Microsoft Authenticode Digital IDs
Recent operating system updates to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and the new Windows Vista make it vital to use digital signatures in your MSI packages. WiXAware lets you create digitally signed MSI packages, not only complying with the latest security requirements, but also giving your users confidence in your product.

Build Windows Installer patches (native MSP files)
WiXAware offers a Patch project which creates Windows Installer patch files for updating your applications already on the field. Users download a small native MSP file which contains only the binary differential updates to your software, nothing more.
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ArInstall is an easy-to-use installation development tool for creating compact and professional setups for your applications. It allows you to build single-file self-extracting installers for Windows 98, NT, Me, 2000, and XP environments with a small installer overhead. ArInstall provides you with a very easy user interface, allowing you to create an installation in just six steps. ArInstall supports complete un-installation, license agreements, ReadMe files, shortcuts creation, registry editing, DLL installation, and much more.
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CreateInstall Free Edition is a freeware flexible builder of professional installations. Building your installation projects is easy using the simple user interface and wizards. The resulting installation can produce a compact file with a choice of compression methods. The final installation can be a very user friendly front end for all your installation projects. Features include 'Licensing', 'Uninstalls', 'Registry Entries/Extracts', 'INI Files', 'Multi-Directory Deployment', 'Shortcut and Menu Creation'.
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