Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.
Inno Setup key features:
- Support for every Windows release since 2000, including: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000. (No service packs are required.)
- Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 or later is required on Windows Server 2003 to install in 64-bit mode.)
- Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
- Standard Windows wizard interface.
- Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
- Complete uninstall capabilities.
- Installation of files:
- Includes integrated support for "deflate", bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA/LZMA2 file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX"s and type libraries, and install fonts.
- Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
- Creation of registry and .INI entries.
- Running other programs before, during or after install.
- Support for multilingual installs, including right-to-left language support.
- Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
- Support for digitally signed installs and uninstalls, including dual signing (SHA1 & SHA256).
- Silent install and uninstall.
- Unicode installs.
- Integrated preprocessor option for advanced compile-time customization.
- Integrated Pascal scripting engine option for advanced run-time install and uninstall customization.
- Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0 and 2009).
Inno Setup 6.0.4 changelog:
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[Setup] section directives LicenseFile, InfoBeforeFile and InfoAfterFile now support objects such as images in .rtf (rich text) files.
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Added new constant: {usersavedgames}.
Compiler IDE changes:
- The Welcome dialog is now higher and wider by default and also resizable.
- Added Dark theme support to the scrollbars (on newer versions of Windows) and the bottom tab set.
Restart Manager changes:
- Setup now ignores attempts by the script to register Setup itself with Restart Manager for a being in use check.
- If all files are excluded by [Setup] section directive CloseApplicationsFilter, Setup now no longer calls Restart Manager"s RmGetList asking it to check 0 files.
- /LOG: Now logs how many files Setup asked Restart Manager"s RmGetList to check.
- Added new command line parameter /LOGCLOSEAPPLICATIONS. Instructs Setup to create extra logging when closing applications for debugging purposes.
- Fix: [Setup] section directive CloseApplicationsFilter was ignored by checks for [InstallDelete] entries.
Other changes:
- Windows AppLocker publisher conditions are now supported by Setup up to and including the file name level.
- Pascal Scripting change: Added new IsDotNetInstalled support function, based on code by Cristoph Nahr.
- Inno Setup Preprocessor (ISPP) change: Added new UpperCase support function.
- Fix: Event attributes for uninstall event functions now actually work.
- Minor tweaks and documentations improvements.
- Enabled HTTPS on jrsoftware.org.
Download: Inno Setup 6.0.4 | 4.0 MB (Freeware)
View: Inno Setup Website | Release Notes