Question

I have created a package which contains following files to install a package.

1. setup.exe
2. mySetup.msi (package installer)
3. WindowsInstaller31.msi (Prerequisite 1)
4. NetFramework35.exe (Prerequisite 2)

When user click on setup.exe the this package runs and first check for prerequisites if they do no found on system then it first install prerequisite and then continue setup for actual product.

My problem is that I want to create single exe file in which all the above files will be zipped and when user will click on this single exe then will extract all these files and setup will continue.

I would like to distribute single exe to my client instead of these 4 files.

Can any one help me to create a single self extract exe file for my package?

Answer 1

There’s a wide variety of applications out there that can do this for you.

Here’s a few:

• NullSoft Scriptable Install System
• Inno Setup
• IzPack