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How to Create Windows 8 Style installer


I am looking for how to create installer similar to the one shown below:

Visual Studio Installer Image

Above is Image of Installer of Visual Studio 2013.. this installer works great on windows 7 / 8 .. I tried several options and created sample installers (including nsis, wix, inno5) but none of them provides this kind of UI for installer.

Anybody knows or created installer similar to this ?


Solution

  • Visual Studio uses the WiX Toolset for its installer. The basic WiX Installer does not look like that, but using the Burn tool that is included you can create a custom bootstrapper that has a WPF user interface that mimics the one you like. There is also a very active user mailing list that you can submit questions to if you need additional assistance while working on it.