InstallAware's Free Installer is a freeware software that operates within Visual Studio to automatically generate installations by analyzing loaded solutions for dependencies and output files. It includes them in the setup without additional efforts.
The new Free Installer from InstallAware is a fantastic software tool that runs within Visual Studio, creating setups automatically by scanning your loaded solutions for dependencies and output files, and including them in your setup. This is a special edition of InstallAware that is completely free!
As a user, you get to enjoy setting basic project properties for your InstallAware setup directly inside the Visual Studio environment. Plus, you can reuse projects created by InstallAware's Free Edition outside of Visual Studio by loading them inside the full-blown InstallAware IDE, which is available with higher editions of InstallAware.
One of the best features of this software is that a Go-Live License is included. This means you can redistribute setups created using the freeware version of InstallAware without restrictions or limitations, even for commercial use! That's right, completely royalty-free!
If you decide to upgrade to higher editions of InstallAware, you may find that you need to re-synchronize recent changes made to your Visual Studio solution with your existing, modified setup project. Thankfully, this is possible because the InstallAware Visual Studio Extension is smart and preserves your existing changes, while automatically picking up changes made to your Visual Studio solutions and reflecting them in your InstallAware setup project automatically.
It's important to note that InstallAware Free Edition does require Visual Studio and is compatible with all Visual Studio versions 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017. All of the application runtimes provided with paid editions of InstallAware are also included in the freeware version. That means you even get all of the setup themes that ship with paid editions of InstallAware, including the new Aero Glass themes!
Overall, InstallAware is the only installer that can produce setups which comply with the latest Aero Wizard specifications. So, if you're looking for a software tool that creates setups automatically, the InstallAware Free Installer is definitely worth checking out!
As a user, you get to enjoy setting basic project properties for your InstallAware setup directly inside the Visual Studio environment. Plus, you can reuse projects created by InstallAware's Free Edition outside of Visual Studio by loading them inside the full-blown InstallAware IDE, which is available with higher editions of InstallAware.
One of the best features of this software is that a Go-Live License is included. This means you can redistribute setups created using the freeware version of InstallAware without restrictions or limitations, even for commercial use! That's right, completely royalty-free!
If you decide to upgrade to higher editions of InstallAware, you may find that you need to re-synchronize recent changes made to your Visual Studio solution with your existing, modified setup project. Thankfully, this is possible because the InstallAware Visual Studio Extension is smart and preserves your existing changes, while automatically picking up changes made to your Visual Studio solutions and reflecting them in your InstallAware setup project automatically.
It's important to note that InstallAware Free Edition does require Visual Studio and is compatible with all Visual Studio versions 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017. All of the application runtimes provided with paid editions of InstallAware are also included in the freeware version. That means you even get all of the setup themes that ship with paid editions of InstallAware, including the new Aero Glass themes!
Overall, InstallAware is the only installer that can produce setups which comply with the latest Aero Wizard specifications. So, if you're looking for a software tool that creates setups automatically, the InstallAware Free Installer is definitely worth checking out!
What's New
Version X6: Free Installer Changes: InstallAware X6 is the first to integrate with Visual Studio 2017, offering one-click APPX, App-V, MSI, and EXE package builds for your active Visual Studio projects, directly from the Visual Studio toolbar! Setups are 100% free with the InstallAware Visual Studio Extensions.