Windows Installer Packaging Tool for Developers, ISVs & Enterprises - Advanced Installer

Building MSI installers for 20+ years. Unmatched support for MSIX technology.

Powerful and easy-to-use

Advanced Installer is a Windows installer authoring tool for installing, updating, and configuring your products safely, securely, and reliably.

Enterprise Software Packaging

Migrate and maintain your software installations with ease.

Save time and money

Businesses around the globe, large and small, save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars by taking advantage of the expert knowledge built into Advanced Installer.

Save time on training: User-friendly, completely GUI driven, with no scripts to learn, no databases to edit and no XML to write.
Save time to market: Develop with wizards, import existing IDE projects, integrate into automated build tools and source control systems.
Save on development costs: Hundreds of powerful features ready to use with just a few mouse clicks. Tons of functionality configurable for your installers.
Reduce your support costs: Fewer incidents due to improper installers. Enjoy reliable installers crafted with great attention to detail.
Save on additional tool purchases: Included updater, launcher, bootstrapper, trialware, serial validation, dialog editor, additional languages, and countless others.
Increase customer satisfaction: Robust installers based on standard Windows Installer technology offering rollbacks, patches, auto-updates, etc.
Save on consulting: Advanced Installer’s support team stands ready to help you with any installer questions you may have.
Save on migration tools: Leverage existing investments. Repackage older installers, import MSIs, WiX projects. Use open formats, avoid proprietary traps.

Visual Studio Integration

As a VSIP Premier partner, we work closely with Microsoft to bring you the best packaging and deployment tool.

Advanced Installer Extension for Visual Studio

Set up your complete development environment using the Advanced Installer extension for Visual Studio. This feature is available in all editions, including Freeware, and our support starts with Visual Studio 2010 up to the latest version.

Starting with version 13.4 of Advanced Installer, the Visual Studio extension can be installed independently from the Advanced Installer setup package. You can download the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace or our website.

The extension allows you to build your Advanced Installer projects at the same time with your Visual Studio solutions and seamlessly integrate with MSBuild. You can also create a new Advanced Installer project from the Visual Studio New Project dialog.

MSIX Packaging and Debugging

From a single project, you can build both MSI and MSIX packages.

The Advanced Installer extension for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022 provides unique support for debugging your desktop application inside a MSIX app container.

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