Repackager - Painlessly capture, customize and repackage existing installations into MSI packages. Upgrade legacy setups to Windows Installer technology.
Application Virtualization - Full support for Microsoft's Application Virtualization technology. Effortlessly build App-V packages for your software, enjoying all virtualization benefits.
Control VMware instances from Repackager - Choose between performing captures either on development machines or VMware virtual machines.
Microsoft App-V Editor - Open existing App-V 5.x packages with Advanced Installer, edit and save the changes from a friendly GUI.
Control Hyper-V instances from Repackager - Choose between performing captures either on development machines or Hyper-V virtual machines.
Microsoft App-V Import - Create installation packages by importing existing App-V packages. The transition has never been so easy.
MSI Quick-Edit - Create transforms or quickly edit existing MSI packages directly from the Advanced Installer GUI.
VMware ThinApp - Full support for VMware's ThinApp technology. Easily create a virtualized version of your application from your installer.
SCCM deployment support - Connect remotely to your SCCM server and deploy packages without leaving Advanced Installer's GUI.
ThinApp Import - New project type to help you create installation packages from existing ThinApp project folders.
MSIX Modification Packages - Extended and update your MSIX packages. Decouple your main application package from its updates, speed up Windows 10 updates.
MSIX(AppX) - Desktop App Converter - Capture installations of any Win32/.NET desktop application, with full UI or silent, and convert it to MSIX(AppX) package.
MSI - Create valid MSI setups for your applications respecting all written and unwritten Windows Installer rules.
Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista UACUAC - Build installers that run flawlessly on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista supporting their security model.
Upgrades - Detect and upgrade an older version of your product installed on the user's machine. Prevent installs over newer ones.
Side-by-Side - Create packages for different versions of your application that can be installed simultaneously and run side by side.
Imports - Import from Visual Studio, InstallShield LE, WiX, Eclipse, Inno Setup, NSIS and regular MSI/MSM packages.
Fonts - Register fonts in the Windows OS. Specify registration names for non-TrueType fonts.
Environment Variables - Create, append or prepend user or system environment variables.
Autoregister - Auto registration for files that support it. Can be scheduled at install time.
Files and Folders - Install and uninstall files and folders. Set attributes, create shortcuts.
Registry - Install and uninstall registry keys and entries.
64-bit - Build setups that run and install on 32-bit processors or the latest 64-bit Intel and AMD CPUs.
Template projects - Create templates based on your current project and ready-to-use for your future projects.
Add/Remove - Customize your application's listing in the "Add/Remove Programs" page of Control Panel.
XML projects - Easy to check into version control systems and share between multiple developers.
Command Line - Build your release packages in completely automated scripts, like Make, Ant, NAnt, TeamCity, Jenkins or MSBuild.
Run&Log - Launch your MSI package while pretty printing the full Windows Installer log.
Launch Conditions - Visually specify conditions necessary (applications, frameworks, etc.) for your package to run.
Smart Formatted Editing - Editing (MSI)Formatted fields offers reference auto-completion, syntax and error highlights and resolved value hints.
Per-User/Per-machine - Create installers that can be install as required: per-user or per-machine if the user is Administrator.
Include Merge Modules - Include frameworks, libraries, and other prepackaged dependencies into your installers with just a few mouse clicks.
IIS - Web Sites, Virtual Directories and Web Applications, App-Pools, User Accounts.
Updater - Automatically checks for, downloads and installs patches and updates.
Multilingual and Localized - Over 30 translations ready to use, easy to modify and create.
Themes - Over 50 built-in beautiful themes give your installer a professional look.
Prerequisites - Search for, download and install prerequisite applications, frameworks and run-times.
Custom Actions - Extend your installer's capabilities by executing your code during install.
Digital Signatures - Automatically add digital signatures on generated or included files.
Services - Install, register and control (start, stop, etc.) Windows services.
ODBC - Install and easily set the attributes on ODBC drivers, data sources, and translators.
File Associations - Associate files extensions with your application to open, edit, view or print.
COM - Specify COM, COM+ and DCOM components for registration during install.
Windows Features - Enable the Windows optional features your application requires.
Multiple Installer Builds - Build and maintain multiple installer variants from a single project.
Installer Continuous Integration - Built-in support for integration with TFS, Jenkins, TeamCity, and Bamboo.
Office Add-ins - Easily create installers for popular software platform extensions, plug-ins and add-ins using the included specialized templates.
Automation - Modify your installer projects from command-line, in scripts or batch processing.
MSIX(AppX) - Desktop Bridge - Full support to build MSIX packages for your Win32/.NET applications, from your existing projects, through the Desktop Bridge.
Application Tiles - Customize your application tiles for the Windows 10 Start Menu and Start Screen.
EXE bootstrapper - Bootstrap your MSI or AppX package into an EXE file with a custom icon, description, and version.
Mixed 32/64-bit installers - Author single, unified installers for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
Search - Search for components, files, folders, registry and INI entries during install.
Organization - Separate components, features, and CABs for optional install or download.
Update XML files - Insert, replace or remove elements and attributes in XML files.
Databases - On install configure servers and deploy SQL scripts. Discover and list MS SQL Servers on the network.
Patches - Point-and-click wizard to build patches for updating your product.
Dialog Editor - Visually customise existing installer dialogs or create new ones from scratch.
Text File Updates - Insert, replace or remove strings in any text file installed by your package or already present on the target machine.
Enhanced UI - A rewritten native, MSI external UI implementation offering updated looks and additional controls.
Convert EXE installers to MSIs - Powerful wizard will convert any EXE setup into an MSI ready for network deployment through Active Directory.
Direct Table Editor - Visually edit your MSIs at database table and row level.
Merge Module creation - Package the independent components as stand-alone MSM files.
Trials and Licensing - Add trial and licensing support to your application in just a few simple steps.
Drivers - Specify drivers for install using the latest Windows Driver Install Frameworks (DIFx).
Microsoft Web Deploy - Publish Web Applications to Microsoft Azure and IIS from installers using Microsoft Web Deploy.
Scheduler - Create and fully configure tasks to be run by the native Windows Scheduler service.
AutoRun - Quickly enable your product to AutoRun from CDs and DVDs. Customizable launcher.
Games Explorer & Media Center - Register and integrate your games in Windows 7/Vista Game Explorer and Media Center.
Windows Firewall - Add your application to the exception list during installation, and remove it during uninstallation.
Embedded Chainers - Embed multiple MSIs in a unified package and install them in a single transaction.
SharePoint - The included wizard will painlessly create standard MSI installers to deploy SharePoint solutions.
Transforms - Capture user input during an install or the differences between two MSI databases.