
- #DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE INSTALL#
- #DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE ARCHIVE#
- #DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE FREE#
- #DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE WINDOWS#
#DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE INSTALL#
#DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE WINDOWS#
Remember that a "last resort" to find extracted setup files, is to launch the installer and then look for extracted files in the temp folder (Hold down Windows Key, tap R, type %temp% or %tmp% and hit Enter) - try the other options first though - for reliability reasons.Īpologies for the "generalized mess" with all this heavy inter-linking.

Most significantly a blurb about extracting WiX setup.exe bundles (new kid on the block). UPDATE: a few sections have now been added directly below, before the description of MSI file extract using administrative installation. Then it provides some links to handle other types of setup.exe files. The "discussion" below first presents the use of admin images for MSI files and how to extract MSI files from setup.exe files.

Just a disclaimer: A setup.exe file can contain an embedded MSI, it can be a legacy style (non-MSI) installer or it can be just a regular executable with no means of extraction whatsoever.
#DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE FREE#
4) And there is obviously application repackaging -Ĭapturing the changes done to a computer after a setup has run andĬlean it up - requires a special tool (most of the free onesĬome and go, Advanced Installer Architect and AdminStudio are big Some claim successīy 3) opening the setup.exe in Visual Studio. General Tricks: One trick is to launch the setup.exe and look in the 1) system's temp folder for extracted files.Īnother trick is to use 2) 7-Zip, WinRAR, WinZip or similarĪrchive tools to see if they can read the format.
#DARK BASIC PRO HOW TO MAKE EXECUTABLE ARCHIVE#
Whereas NSIS seems to use regular archives that standard archive software (7-zip et al) can open and extract. NSIS / Inno: Commmon, free tools such as Inno Setup seem to make extraction hard ( unofficial unpacker, not tried by me, run by ). ( non-MSI, MSI, admin-tools, multi-platform, etc.). There are so many possible tools that can be used.

They might feature all kinds of different command line switches. Many Setup Tools: It is impossible to cover all the different kinds of possible setup.exe files.
