SSE Setup is trusted, user-friendly install creator software that is full-featured, mature and free. It produces compact installers for your software and allows the option to create small EXE or ZIP files, or burn your installer to a CD/DVD.
This installer can run on most all Windows OS's, including Windows 7 and 8.1, and can even support 32-bit and 64-bit programs. Unlike complicated scripting languages, SSE Setup provides a simple and effective solution for creating small, efficient .EXE's or .ZIP's, or burning to CD/DVD.
One of the greatest features of SSE Setup is its non-admin (Limited/Standard user) install support. Additionally, the software is very UAC friendly and can legitimately provide a way for your program to avoid UAC elevation prompts if it needs elevated Admin privileges on Admin accounts.
SSE Setup also provides an integrated Internet Updater solution that can download and install needed patches or upgrades. Plus, it offers prerequisites checks to look for needed hardware/OS's/software; can download needed software (runtimes) for .NET installs, easy framework download if user needs Microsoft Access deployment.
You can customize the GUI with 7 presets, and SSE Setup offers built-in multi-language support for 12 of the world's most-used languages, ensuring that your end-users can have an optimal user experience.
This software is customizable, allowing you to digitally sign installer/uninstaller/your program's files, display a license agreement user must agree to, install files & shortcuts, modify the registry, and automate DLL/OCX registration if needed. SSE Setup can also run external programs during install/uninstall, show welcome screens or custom messages, play audio files, associate file types with your software, create/run/delete Task Scheduler Tasks, and modify security permissions (ACL) on files/folders/registry.
As you can see, SSE Setup is Simple, Smart, and Easy. Choose this installer for a comprehensive solution that saves you time and provides an outstanding user experience.
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