Installing a Standalone on Windows

Mark Smith mark at maseurope.net
Mon Mar 26 16:36:08 EDT 2007


I think InnoSetup et al. is for more complex apps that need to place  
various files in different places (these exist on Macs, too). For a  
simple app without that requirement, just dragging and clicking as  
you describe should work fine.

Best,

Mark

On 26 Mar 2007, at 20:45, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> Hmn! Perhaps that's my problem. Can't I merely drag the folder that  
> is created for the Stand alone onto my Shared Folder, Open VPC and  
> then double click on the executable in the Windows Folder? Does it  
> have to be installed? That's a bummer. Once again, the Mac version  
> just works right out of Revolution's hands. It's even all bundled  
> up for me under a single double clickable icon. Grrrr!
>
> Joe Wilkins
>
> On Mar 26, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote:
>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Check out InnoSetup. It's free, works great, and is relatively  
>> easy to use, especially if you use the ISTool front end.
>>
>> www.innosetup.com
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> Has anyone found a good solution for installing full applications on
>>> Windows?  My app has multiple file types, file extensions and  
>>> icons.  I have
>>> fonts to install as well and adding the application to the Start  
>>> menu and
>>> file associations.
>>>
>>> In the past I have used InstallShield.  Ug... just typing the phrase
>>> "InstallShield" makes me a little dizzy!
>>>
>>> What are you using??
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
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