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How Software Gets Installed
Visual Studio Magazine "Reader`s Choice" Awards:
InstallAware #1 Gold, InstallShield #2 Silver Winner in the Installation, Setup & Deployment Tools category
NEW! Universal Code Signing with InstallAware X17!
Native Code IDE, Setup Engine, and Toolchains for Linux and macOS!
- Technology Frameworks: .NET 9.0.0/8.0.11/7.0.20/6.0.36/5.0.17, SQL Server 2022, VC++ 2015-2022.
- Context Menu Bridge: Port IContextMenus to Windows 11 with zero code changes or recompiles!
- Azure Trusted Signing: Future-proof your signing with new Code Signing Hooks, instant authority.
- Mica Material and Dark Mode: Upgrade your setups to the latest Windows 11 UX with a single click.
- 30% Faster Compression: Faster single-core builds for non-parallelizable workloads, native processes.
Wise People Would NEVER Buy InstallShield If They Saw InstallAware First...
- Discover the Windows Installer solution Wise should have built... but didn't.
- InstallAware's MSIcode is a modern & sophisticated, revamped version of the old WiseScript, including many more features!
- MSIcode automatically compiles into a logo compliant MSI database at build time, passing ICE tests with no extra effort.
- Convert any WiseScript in one click to an InstallAware setup - thanks to highly portable code forms!
- Use the same development metaphors that you are already familiar with from the Wise platform.
InstallAware is Advanced Cloud Infrastructure
Ever dreamed of advancing your cloud infrastructure to the point of complete automation?
- Replicate any setup, patch, or package across Active Directory in a single click.
- Build installers directly in the cloud using ASP.NET or .NET assemblies.
- Utilize both Native Code and Windows Installer setup engines.
- Integrate your business logic inside one setup program.
- Fetch data from secure, redundant sources.
Advanced Cloud Infrastructure by InstallAware.
Cut integration costs up to 80% while exponentially increasing your capabilities with InstallAware.
Can Your Installer Do This at RUNTIME?
- Run successfully even when Windows Installer is unavailable or compromised?
- Create and delete setup features, securely downloading authenticated bits, at runtime?
- Partially web deploy itself, running successfully without forcing an Internet connection for minimum installs?
- Download optional components or technology frameworks only when required?
- Switch between 32 bit and 64 bit installation modes, at runtime?
Break Through the Glass Ceiling of Software Installation Experience!
- Seamlessly run nested third party setups and capture and display their native progress in your own setups.
- Be the first to produce installers with Mica Material and Dark Mode following Fluent Design guidelines.
- Incorporate interactive Flash and HTML billboards to educate and entertain your users while installing.
- Automatically pin applications to the Windows Taskbar, or to the top of the Windows Start Menu.
- Fully customize your install dialogs to collect and submit business intelligence directly within your setup.
Free Installer for Visual Studio
- Create completely free Windows Installer packages in one click from within Visual Studio
- The InstallAware Add-In automatically scans your solutions for files and dependencies
- One-button "click, build, and run" process for creating your free installer
- Customize themes and other setup settings directly inside Visual Studio
- Further customize setup projects inside the main InstallAware IDE
- Preserve customizations made to your setup projects as your Visual Studio solutions evolve
- 100% free of charge for Visual Studio users, even for commercial use
InstallAware is App-V for the Masses
- App-V Builder: Compile any existing InstallAware project as an App-V Package
- App-V Viewer: Open and inspect the contents of any pre-existing App-V Package
- Hybrid 32 bit & 64 bit: Combine 32+64 bit applications inside a single package
- MSI: Create an MSI file to silently push your packages
- Command Line: Automate your build process