Creating professional setup package for redistributing your software may be a tough nut to crack. Bored with bloated setups and fatty installers? Don't want to waste time learning cryptic setup scripts?

AWinstall is a professional installation development system (setup maker) for creating small setups. With AWinstall you can create compact and intelligent setups for delivering your software on removable media or via Internet.AWinstall is a small application that creates small setup packages for redistributing your software.

It combines the minimal installer footprint (just about 30 KBytes!) with robust and user-friendly development environment. You can build setups with multi-language support (13 languages are supported for installer engine at this moment).

Modern user interface, help system and wizards will allow you to create professional setups in minutes.

Here are some key features of "AWinstall":

· Single-file packaging - you'll get just one executable;
· Small package size - typical installer footprint is about 30 Kb!
· Multi-language interface (13 languages supported at this moment);
· Good compression method - often better than popular ZIP;
· No need for external tools such as Regedit, Regsvr32 and so on;
· Built-in support for user interaction elements (license screens, logos, required and optional setup tasks);
· Ability to create 'silent' setups without user interaction;
· Support for automatic product uninstall;
· Built-in and editable installer variables with 'special folders' auto-detection;
· Extracting files with full paths (with subfolders auto-creating).
· Intuitive user interface - provides detailed project information in the form of Project Tree and Property Pane;
· Drag-and-drop support - just drag needed files/folders into Project window from Windows Explorer;
· Smart filetypes detection when adding font files, COM In-Proc Servers and Type Libraries;
· Import registry keys from .reg files and existing system registry;
· Command-line support - for performing automated `night builds';
· Event Logging for setup development and build;
· Ability to test Setup packages from within IDE;
· Windows XP-compatible interface.


Requirements:

· 128 Mb RAM
· 256-color display
· Pentium CPU or higher
· 2.5 MB free disk space


Limitations:

· "Unregistered" message in installer builds

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added support for .NET 3.5, "Registration" and "Serial number" features