How do i make my own installer?

MadSkillzMan · 05-19-04, 07:00 PM

Hey guys. Im not sure if anyone has noticed my customize your xp desktop tutorial, but this is what im here about. I am checking out reshack and modifying a theme i saw online. A mac osx theme. It looks nice, id like to make it dark and contrasty tho. So anyways...i was thinking...make my own complete style or gui....it would involve WinMac, the dock bar, the Longhorn dock....possibly a few other little enhancements...such as trillian skin...media player skin.....

My quesiton is, how do i make an installer that compresses everything into one file....then the user can choose what they want installed.

WinMac is free, and im up for contacting the distributors of all these freeware programs to get permission to include them and such...

But basicaly, theyre all installers themselves...and the msstyles would have to be extracted to C:\Windows\resources

So how do i do this guys?

Mr.Radar · 05-19-04, 07:05 PM

A great scriptable free installer is the NSIS installer previously from Nullsoft (now it's own SourceForge project independant of Nullsoft). I've used it before and it isn't bad (especially if you know a bit about programming).

Link

Smartweb · 05-19-04, 07:30 PM

For this you might be better off writing your own installer in VB or something.

MadSkillzMan · 05-19-04, 08:03 PM

Im familliar with the console C++, and im learning some simple VB right now...altho im the qb master...

StaticXD00d · 05-20-04, 06:03 AM

Check out Paquet Builder. It's a pretty good installer, and it's free without some features. Don't know if you need those features until you try it, but it definitely has LOTS of options and would probably cover what you need it to do.

Antillian · 05-20-04, 01:53 PM

I recommend either Inno Setup Compiler or NSIS, NSIS being the one I use. If you don't know much about C++ programming, there is a great dialog editing wizard (similar to the one included in Inno) that you can download for NSIS called: HM NIS Edit.

klingens · 05-22-04, 03:05 AM

I have a question about this "MACification" of Windows: will you replace explorer.exe? If not, what will you do with the Taskbar ?

MadSkillzMan · 05-23-04, 02:51 PM

im experimenting with a few things...the explorer replacement ..my first option was litestep but thats kinda hard and it would have to be customized for everyone, and they would have to edit the config files....i am not familliar with it, so i dont know what is going to come of it.

Probably what i will do is simply skin the taskbar, and have the user set it to auto hide, so if you still need it, and cant function without it, ud still be able to use it.

klingens · 05-24-04, 10:03 AM

You don't need users to edit anything with Litestep if you design your theme right, neither would they have to customize it:
http://o-t-s.sourceforge.net/

05-19-04, 07:00 PM	Thread Starter #1
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	How do i make my own installer? Hey guys. Im not sure if anyone has noticed my customize your xp desktop tutorial, but this is what im here about. I am checking out reshack and modifying a theme i saw online. A mac osx theme. It looks nice, id like to make it dark and contrasty tho. So anyways...i was thinking...make my own complete style or gui....it would involve WinMac, the dock bar, the Longhorn dock....possibly a few other little enhancements...such as trillian skin...media player skin..... My quesiton is, how do i make an installer that compresses everything into one file....then the user can choose what they want installed. WinMac is free, and im up for contacting the distributors of all these freeware programs to get permission to include them and such... But basicaly, theyre all installers themselves...and the msstyles would have to be extracted to C:\Windows\resources So how do i do this guys? __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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05-19-04, 07:05 PM	#2
Mr.Radar Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Currently on a silent vacation from overclocking.	A great scriptable free installer is the NSIS installer previously from Nullsoft (now it's own SourceForge project independant of Nullsoft). I've used it before and it isn't bad (especially if you know a bit about programming). Link
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05-19-04, 07:30 PM	#3
Smartweb Member Join Date: Sep 2003	For this you might be better off writing your own installer in VB or something.
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05-19-04, 08:03 PM	Thread Starter #4
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	Im familliar with the console C++, and im learning some simple VB right now...altho im the qb master... __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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05-20-04, 06:03 AM	#5
StaticXD00d Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NC	Check out Paquet Builder. It's a pretty good installer, and it's free without some features. Don't know if you need those features until you try it, but it definitely has LOTS of options and would probably cover what you need it to do.
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05-20-04, 01:53 PM	#6
Antillian Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA	I recommend either Inno Setup Compiler or NSIS, NSIS being the one I use. If you don't know much about C++ programming, there is a great dialog editing wizard (similar to the one included in Inno) that you can download for NSIS called: HM NIS Edit. __________________ MacBook Pro 15" 2GHz x 4 i7 8 GB 1333 DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6490M RIP Methical K Formerly known as i_am_tux
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05-22-04, 03:05 AM	#7
klingens Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Xanadu	I have a question about this "MACification" of Windows: will you replace explorer.exe? If not, what will you do with the Taskbar ?
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05-23-04, 02:51 PM	Thread Starter #8
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	im experimenting with a few things...the explorer replacement ..my first option was litestep but thats kinda hard and it would have to be customized for everyone, and they would have to edit the config files....i am not familliar with it, so i dont know what is going to come of it. Probably what i will do is simply skin the taskbar, and have the user set it to auto hide, so if you still need it, and cant function without it, ud still be able to use it. __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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05-24-04, 10:03 AM	#9
klingens Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Xanadu	You don't need users to edit anything with Litestep if you design your theme right, neither would they have to customize it: http://o-t-s.sourceforge.net/
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