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| Inno Setup 5.5.8 |
Inno Setup is a free
installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today
rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and
stability.
Key features:
- Support for all versions of
Windows in use today: Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, Me, 98, 95, and NT 4.0.
(No service packs are required.)
- Extensive support for
installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows.
Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium
architecture, Service Pack 1 or later is required on Windows Server 2003
to install in 64-bit mode.)
- Supports creation of a single
EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is
also supported.
- Standard Windows 2000/XP-style
wizard interface.
- Customizable setup types, e.g.
Full, Minimal, Custom.
- Complete uninstall
capabilities.
- Installation of files: Includes
integrated support for "deflate", bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file
compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info,
replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX's and
type libraries, and install fonts.
- Creation of shortcuts anywhere,
including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
- Creation of registry and .INI
entries.
- Integrated Pascal scripting
engine.
- Support for multilingual
installs.
- Support for passworded and
encrypted installs.
- Silent install and uninstall.
- Full source code is available
(Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).
