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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.
A Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installation disc or Mac OS X Disc 1 included with Macs that have Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard preinstalled; this disc is needed for installation of Windows drivers for Mac hardware; 10 GB free hard disk space (16 GB is recommended for Windows 7)
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 Caphyon 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
Freely redistributable software (FRS) is software that anyone is free to redistribute. The term has been used to mean two types of free to redistribute software, distinguished by the legal modifiability and limitations on purpose of use of the software. FRS which can be legally modified and used for any purpose is the same as free software.
The Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Windows SDK support a collection of shared libraries that software can use to access the Windows API.This article provides an overview of the core libraries that are included with every modern Windows installation, on top of which most Windows applications are built.
Previously, the WDK was known as the Driver Development Kit (DDK) [4] and supported Windows Driver Model (WDM) development. It got its current name when Microsoft released Windows Vista and added the following previously separated tools to the kit: Installable File System Kit (IFS Kit), Driver Test Manager (DTM), though DTM was later renamed and removed from WDK again.
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is a legacy software utility for the Microsoft Windows operating system designed to solve installation problems of apps that use the Windows Installer technology. An app whose Windows Installer entries are damaged cannot be uninstalled or reinstalled via the normal means. The Windows Installer CleanUp ...