Can anyone suggest a good tool to create installation packages for Windows?
I need something that can do very basic stuff:
Copy files in the package to specific locations on the system ;
Install INF drivers ;
Create environment variables ;
Create program and folder shotcuts.
I need to run a workshop where these things need to be done before-hand. Originally, I’d decided to have the end-user do these things manually… but in my last workshop, this turned out to be a disaster… ppl just don’t pay attention to instructions anymore and want everything to be automatic.
Anyone with ideas? I could prolly write a batch script for this but I wanna know if there’s anything which is quicker.
Norton Ghost should be able to do this but you will have to create an image before hand and if you are looking for something advanced then there is **Altiris ***(symantec) *to make and push windows OS installations, software packages, etc.
There are open source programs that also do this but I cannot recall their names, sorry.
may be my post title wasn't clear... I've changed it now.
I need to make installation packages for software that can be installed on windows. Say... I know the directory locations, reg entries, env vars etc. that need to be setup during installation of an application.
Rather than provide instructions to the end-user, I need to create a custom installation package that does all these things automatically.
I tried AdvancedInstaller last night... it pretty much does everything I need except the drivers part... for some reason the INF installations don't work too well.
I just remembered today that there’s a utility built into windows xp (not sure about other OS’s) that would let you do that too. I think I posted this a while back. Its called IExpress 2.0. Just click on Start / Run and type in iexpress.exe and it loads up. Create packages to your heart’s desire.
