![]() ![]() All of them can produce MSI files in a format compatible with Windows Installer requirements, but these tools and approaches are different by nature, provide different level of assistance and require different level of knowledge. Anyway you always have few options and can select the best approach for MSI creation in any particular case. If you are a software developer, you can create MSI installation right from your development environment without needing third-party MSI creation tools. ![]() ![]() Microsoft Visual Studio among other things include Windows Installer development libraries that you can use to build your own MSI. Also you can use WiX project that allows to create MSI package from the XML source code. If you prefer to use a visual interface for installation creation instead of writing everything in a source code, you can use a third-party MSI building tool. Install Shield, Wise Installer and other tools, well-known as installation editors, today allow to create installations not only in EXE, but also in MSI format as well. These tools provides you with ability to create MSI from scratch on the low level by manipulating MSI entries, so in order to use them you at least need to know and understand fundamentals of MSI format. If none of above works for you because of the process complexity, you can try to use an automatic approach to create MSI packages. ![]()
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