Publishing an (.exe) application

I have an application and I would like to make a windows installer in order to deploy it. I'd need good and free tools in order to make a .msi. I googled a bit without any 开发者_JAVA百科good finds :( . Thanks for anyhelp!

Have you looked into the WIX toolkit?

For most installation tasks, it works quite well ... a bit underdocumented, perhaps - but it is free.

Does it have to be a .msi?? Could be an .exe installer?

You can try InnoSetup. Simple to use and very powerfull.

Is you .exe app made with .Net or it's a native application? InnoSetup is well suited for native apps.

There's always ClickOnce. As long as you're using C# or VB.NET it will do the job for you.

If you're using Visual Studio simply create an installer project and add it to your solution. It allows you to create an MSI installer project with a few clicks.

If you don't have VS I would look into InnoSetup.