How-to for configuring the package and the installed application.
Topics
- Files and Folders
How-to for configuring files and folders. - Services and Processes
How-to for configuring services and processes. - Custom Actions How Tos
How-to for configuring specific custom actions. - Secure Property
How-tos for securing a property in an application. - Create a log
How to create an installation log. - Load installer property from configuration file
How to load installer property from configuration file - Pass configuration file for prerequisite
How to pass a configuration file for a prerequisite - Implement software identification
How to enable the software identification tag. - Restart the machine after the installation
How to restart the machine after the installation. - Make the package install per-user or per-machine
How to make the package install per-user or per-machine. - RegistrySearch
How to create a registry search - Add HKCU registry entries or per-user files for all
users
How to install per user resources. - Create MSI wrapper over EXE installers
This article teaches you how to create an MSI wrapper over EXE Installers. Advanced Installer is an affordable solution for software packagers! - MSI Package Silent Install - How do I create one?
Our guide will show you how to create a silent MSI installation package and, this way, have an application silently installed on your station. - Installing multiple instances from the command line
How to install multiple instances from the command line with examples. - Single-click run my application from its installation
package
How to create a basic installation package that always launches the application. - Install resources based on the OS version
How to install resources based on the Operating System version. - Configure server-side serial number validation
How to configure server-side serial number validation. - Validate serial number during Wizard Dialogs Stage
only
How to validate the serial number only during Wizard Dialogs Stage. - Collect installation data and send it to a web
server
How to collect installation data and send it to a web server. - Implement self-healing into the application
How to implement self-healing into the application. - Installing Driver
How to install a driver. - Installing drivers in mixed packages
How to install drivers in mixed packages. - Sideload APPX using an MSI
How to sideload an APPX package using an MSI. - Deploying a Python script
How to deploy and run a Python script. - Deploy certificates required by Office 2010
How to deploy a certificate needed by Office 2010. - Installing Screen Saver
How to install a screen saver. - Windows Restart Manager
How to add support for Windows Restart Manager to an application. - Create a chained installation
With Advanced Installer you can create a chained installation that help you to install multiple msi packages through a single install process. - Create an Access Database installer
How to create an installer for an Access Database. - Create a web-based installation package.
How to create a web-based installation package. - Install Add-in Express based Office add-ins
How to install Add-in Express based Office add-ins - Launch application at logon/startup
How to launch application at logon/startup - How 32-bit setup packages behave on 64-bit machines
How does a 32-bit setup package behave on a 64-bit machines? - Conditionally install a prerequisite based on the user
selection
A step by step tutorial describing how to conditionally install a prerequisite based on the user selection. - Select multiple components in the Organization view
How to select multiple components in the Organization view. - Create updates with a repackaged application
Create compatible updates with a repackaged application - Set the Publisher ID for a UWP AppX
How to correctly set the Publisher ID for a UWP AppX - Distribute Windows Updates among the installer
How to configure the installer to support Windows Updates (.msu) files distribution - Configure help setup package among the installer
How to configure help setup package within the installer - Localize a project segment
How to localize certain segments of my project - How to have a property with different default value for each
build
How to have a property with different default value for each build of your installer project - Launch a certain application from an APPX package after
install.
How to launch a certain application contained by an APPX package after installation? - Create AppInstaller file for MSIX packages.
How to create an AppInstaller file for an MSIX package? - Instal and configure COMs.
How to install and configure a COM? - Azure Active Directory - registering Advanced Installer for
Device Guard Signing.
How to register Advanced Installer for Device Guard Signing on Azure Active Directory? - EV Code Signing in Advanced Installer
This article will explain how to use the USB eToken for an Extended Validation Code Signing Certificate - Detect applications that keep files in use at install
time.
This article will explain how find which applications keep files in use at install time. - Add merge modules to your project.
How to install a merge module along with your package? - Build Microsoft Store distribution and sideloading distribution MSIX packages with a
single build operation
How to generate separate MSIX builds to be deployed on both your website and Microsoft Store with a single build operation. - Import an MSIX built with Visual Studio
How to import an MSIX built with Visual Studio into an .AIP Project? - Configuring Azure Code Signing or Digicert Keylocker
How to use the custom sign option to digitally sign your package with tools like Azure Code Signing or Digicert Keylocker? - Run powershell script to populate a CheckList
Running a PowerShell script allows us to retrieve and populate a CheckList with specific values. See our exact guide on how to do this! - Convert COM registration from MSI to MSIX.
Convert your COM registration from MSI to MSIX, and vice versa, effortlessly. This guide provides all you need for a smooth transition.