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Re:NSIS 3.0 ready by taspeotis on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:19AM (#12247949)
There's a free one from Microsoft, or InstallShield LE.

https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f1cc3f3e-c300...

http://geekswithblogs.net/TarunArora/archive/2014/04/24/visu...

That said: I use WiX and I find it works adequately.

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Re:NSIS 3.0 ready by nathanaldensr on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:18AM (#12248423)
WiX gets the job done, but man, does it leak Windows Installer abstractions! You have to understand Windows Installer technology to be effective with WiX. It's definitely not "point-and-click!"

http://wixtoolset.org/

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Re:NSIS 3.0 ready by jasonjei on Monday August 08, 2016 @02:19PM (#12249779)
Even though WiX isnt point and click I'm still impressed how easy it is to add uninstalling of old versions with a few lines of XML
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Re:NSIS 3.0 ready by taspeotis on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:36AM (#12252962)
> Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX, pronounced "wicks")

> leaks Windows Installer abstractions

Okay

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