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InstallShield is a proprietary software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, though it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices .
Wise Solutions, Inc. started by John McMillan and Brien Witkowski was an American company that made software tools for creating application installers.Their primary product, Wise was one of the most widely used installation packages for Windows.
InstallShield: Flexera Software: Active Trialware: Yes Yes No NSIS: Nullsoft: Active zlib License: No No Orca (Part of Windows SDK) Microsoft: Active Freeware (proprietary) Yes; exclusively Wise: Wise Solutions, Inc. Discontinued Non-free No WiX: Outercurve Foundation: Active Ms-RL (previously CPL) Yes; exclusively Yes No
InstallShield Developer 7.0 was the next version that combined InstallScript (InstallShield Professional) and Windows Installer technologies, followed by Developer 8.0 and 9.0 in the mid-2000's. InstallShield 10 and 11 followed after that, changing the support for InstallScript significantly in version 12 (released in 2006/7).
A merge module is a special kind of Windows Installer database that contains the components needed to install a discrete software bundle. [1] A merge module cannot be installed alone, but must be merged into a standard Windows Installer installation during the creation of the installation.
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