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Search and Update XML Files

Use the Advanced Installer support to create, update or remove elements, attributes and comments inside XML files or to perform custom searches in the XML files already present on the target system. The XML Editor and XML Search features allow you to:

Advanced Installer 11.4 Released

The 11.4 release brings a refreshed User Interface implementing the latest Microsoft Windows 8.1 Modern UI principles. Enjoy a simpler, airier user interface while working on your installers.

July 30th, 2014

Advanced Installer 11.3 Released

The 11.3 release upgrades our MECM(SCCM) Deployment for Software & Applications support with the ability to deploy App-V packages to SCCM and to deploy setups as SCCM applications.

June 17th, 2014

Advanced Installer 11.2 Released

The 11.2 release brings the ability to configure Windows Server Roles on install. Have your installers prepare server machines for their purpose with just a few clicks in Advanced Installer.

May 21st, 2014

Windows Features and Server Roles Configuration

Establish the required deployment environment on the target operating system by installing prerequisites along with your software. With Advanced Installer's intuitive GUI you're only a few clicks away from setting up sophisticated Windows configuration like:

Advanced Installer 11.1 Released

The 11.1 release amplifies the power of the repackager by bringing support for Hyper-V, Microsoft's native virtualization technology. Together with the existing VMWare support, automatically repackaging legacy installers in clean VMs is easier than ever.

April 28th, 2014

CD/DVD AutoRun

Advanced Installer's AutoRun customizes the icon and label that will be displayed in Windows Explorer. Additionally it can customize the commands that will be available from the CD/DVD's context menu, like:

ASP.NET Application installers

Developing Microsoft ASP.NET web apps? Advanced Installer can help you easily deploy your applications in standard Windows Installer MSI packages. Quickly configure all the necessary settings and requirements so that your application is fully functional and ready to serve once the installation is done.

EXE Bootstrapper for Windows Installer MSI

Upgrade the standard MSI extension design and functionality with Advanced Installer's powerful EXE bootstrapper. With Windows Installer technology still at its core, the EXE setup can bring significant improvements, for an even better installation experience for your users.

InnovMetric - Case Study

Advanced Installer is a vital tool in InnovMetric's chain of development. The key words that would express what Advanced Installer represents in technology of application packaging are reliability, scalability and versatility.

SQL Databases Integration

Web applications often require additional information from databases during installation. Advanced Installer's SQL Databases support can be used as a standalone feature to configure SQL servers or in collaboration with the Internet Information Services feature for complete web applications deployment scenarios.

Advanced Installer 11.0 Released

Advanced Installer 11 brings a number of features long requested by system administrators and deployment engineers everywhere. With the newly built-in MECM support you can create your compliant package and seamlessly deploy it to your System Center Configuration Manager all within the user friendly Advanced Installer IDE.

March 13th, 2014

Advanced Installer 10.9 Released

The 10.9 release opens new horizons for Mac Java programmers with Java 7 on Mac OS X support and the ability to bundle JREs.

January 23rd, 2014

Atlassian - Case Study

Atlassian turned to Advanced Installer to make sure that customer experience for its SourceTree for Windows users was easy, fast and reliable. With Advanced Installer, Atlassian's team could also create, customizable and easy to maintain setup packages for their software application.

Advanced Installer 10.8 Released

The 10.8 release brings the ability to easily visualise the differences between two MSI or MST packages, allowing you to easily spot mistakes or unintended modifications.

December 10th, 2013

Create Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Installers

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are heading rapidly to become some of the most important operating systems created by Microsoft, taking software development and deployment in a bold new direction. Throughout these changes, assuring your existing applications install and run correctly on Windows 8/8.1 should be your top priority.

Advanced Installer 10.7 Released

This release brings the ability to run PowerShell scrips as Custom Actions. The power of PowerShell, coupled with an easy to use, built-in inline editor bring an unprecedented level of functionality to setup developers.

November 11th, 2013

Advanced Installer 10.6 Released

The 10.6 release brings a fully redesigned Repackager, extended support for creating and converting App-V packages along with new features in our MSI QuickEditor and ODBC support.

September 30th, 2013

Advanced Installer 10.5 Released

The 10.5 release brings support for the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8.1 Operating System and Visual Studio 2013 Development Environment. Stay up-to-date and easily create installers using Microsoft's latest tools and OSs.

September 2nd, 2013

Advanced Installer 10.3 Released

The 10.3 release brings the ability to create COM interfaces, a streamlined IIS configuration UI, a command line interface for editing Update Configurations and many more.

June 26th, 2013

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