Building installers with Visual Studio
Installers are nothing new – they were the only way to get an application on your system for a long time. Installers were primarily used to install Windows-based applications on the users’ machines. They aren’t used that often anymore since this has become obsolete for most use cases. But installers are a great and simple way to get the job done if you wish to install a background worker process and need to do some custom work.
Installers and Wix
The standard Microsoft Installer project works just fine. Still, many developers have moved away in favor of using Wix. Wix is a third-party solution for building installers. It is incredibly versatile, and thus, it is pretty hard to start using. Many books, articles, and how-tos are available to help you get up and running. But in our case, we don’t need that complexity. The standard installer is enough for most system programmers. But if you want more control, I urge...
