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Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft.MSVC is proprietary software; it was originally a standalone product but later became a part of Visual Studio and made available in both trialware and freeware forms.
Advanced Installer Advanced Installer: Active Trialware: Yes Yes Yes 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
Windows Installer (msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [3] codename Darwin) [4] [5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software.
One quirk of MFC is the use of "Afx" as the prefix for many functions, macros and the standard precompiled header name "stdafx.h". During early development, what became MFC was called "Application Framework Extensions" and abbreviated "Afx".
(The multiple cores of a multi-core CPU, and even the "logical processors" implemented by a hyperthreading CPU, all count as "processors" for this purpose.) On x86-64 and Itanium platforms there is just one possible hal.dll for each CPU architecture. On Windows 8 and later, the x86 version also only has one HAL.
EMCO Remote Installer is a software distribution tool for Windows. It allows network administrators to install and uninstall software on remote Windows computers connected to a local network, and to audit installed software and Windows updates remotely.
Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run ...
WiX is a toolset designed to build Windows Installer (.msi) packages using the command line. [4] It comes with the following tools: [5] [4] [7] Candle: compiles source files into object files; Light: combines object files into a .msi file; Lit: creates libraries that can be linked by Light.exe; Dark: decompiles a .msi file into WiX code