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Old Jan 29th, 2006, 3:05 PM   #1
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Installer File

I wasnt sure where this goes, so i put this here...

can someone give me a tutorial on how to make an installer file (installer.exe)...
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Old Jan 29th, 2006, 4:42 PM   #2
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You can search google for some free utilities for automate making installers.
Or you can make your own with some GUI librairies.
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Old Jan 29th, 2006, 7:12 PM   #3
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You have no doubt seen this one used a lot.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
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Or you could use Inno Setup, which is free and really easy to use.
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Old Jan 30th, 2006, 5:23 PM   #5
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Or you could use Inno Setup, which is free and really easy to use.
wow that is really easy... thanks.... do u know how to tell it to "hide" a file when it installs?
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Old Jan 31st, 2006, 9:07 AM   #6
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that sounds a bit shady
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Old Jan 31st, 2006, 2:04 PM   #7
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That's what I was thinking.
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im just trying to make it a little simpler for a user....there are like 10 exe's and i just want it to show one on the page...
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Why not to put other exe's in a subfolder, for example data, or any other name... Or simple name your main app main.exe or place a shortcut on the desktop.
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Why not to put other exe's in a subfolder, for example data, or any other name... Or simple name your main app main.exe or place a shortcut on the desktop.
if you look at my other posts, i said that im having a problem with that.... if i make a file to go into, for example, ./files/main.exe, and then from "main.exe" i try to go to "main2.exe", my window automatically closes for some reason, so im stuck having all my files on one page.... but a desktop shortcut is not a bad idea... but im not sure what exactly the code is for this program to make an installer file...
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