On the look-out for a REALLY simple installer freeware.

[JesperMP]

Hi.

I have to create an easy to use installation routine for my end-users. What I need is very simple.

• Copying some files and folders from an install CD onto a target PC.
• Registering a few ocx files.
• creating some entries in the Windows Start Menu.
• creating some shortcuts on the desktop.

I could easily do the first two in a batch file. The last I dont know.
So I am on the lookout for some v-e-r-y easy to use and f-r-e-e software installer packages.
I have looked, but it is a jungle out there.
Anyone ?

 

[BryanR]

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

Nullsoft installer, works a treat.

 

[JesperMP]

Erm. I looked at NSIS already, but I found it intimidating. Like learning a new programming language.

 

[JesperMP]

Just gave this one a try:
http://www.createinstall.com/
It is exactly what I am after. There is merely a very discrete text in the footer of the generated installer that says its is a freeware version - no blatant adware. It costs a very reasonable 69 USD to get rid of this text, a sum I might well decide to pay.

 

[exabmorgan]

There is AutoIT:
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

I've used this to automated other installers, so the end user didn't have the option of selecting anything outside of the requirements.

I think it has some capabilities to package files inside the EXE file that it compiles.