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Step 1: Run the Inno Setup installer When using Inno Setup within Visual Studio project as a post-build exercise to create an installer package, you will need the contents of the Inno Setup folder as this will contain the command line executables, dll files etc. If you have not already done this, you can get it from here: http://www.jrsoftware.org/ Step 2: Create a new Visual Studio project Right click on the solution and select to add a new Installer project (class library) 3. Add 'Inno Setup' contents to your Installer project I like to keep everything completely self-contained within Visual Studio projects, so whether you prefer to reference the Inno content that has already been installed to the Program Files folder is up to you Right-click and select Add > New folder. In Windows Explorer copy the existing Inno Setup folder contents to the one you created in your Visual Studio project. Once the contents are copied over I then right-click the...

Here is some of their online documentation on how to use the WiX Toolset to create installers: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/getting-started Here is a quick and concise guide to set up using the WiX Toolset in a Visual Studio project, in order to create installation packages, from start to finish. Step 1: Install WiX Toolset First make sure you have installed the WiX toolset from the following site: http://wixtoolset.org/releases/ WiX Toolset when run looks like this: [caption id="attachment_7571" align="alignnone" width="355"] WiX Toolset to create installers[/caption] Step 2: Create a new Visual Studio project In this example I'm creating a new WPF application: Step 3: Add a WiX installer project to the solution Right click on your solution folder and select Add > New Project... Select 'Windows Installer XML' > 'Setup Project' and give your installer project a name: Step 4: generate GUID...

Introduction Visual Studio 2010 contains a package that enables you to create Windows installer files for your applications. Follow these simple steps to build your own setup package for the Visual Studio application you are working on.