Free setup file software for windows

CD3WD Setup Files 3.8 is a powerful tool which is designed to provide you with high-quality 3rd world development information on agriculture, health, appropriate technology, construction, food processing, crop storage, woodwork, metalwork, electrical trades, education, and computer skills.

All material is HTM and PDF, and is therefore platform independent. This is CD3WD_SETUP.ZIP - a collection of a few files, especially the index file with the contents list for your CD3WD collection. It may be required to complement your CD3WD subject area download; but if you downloaded all the 24 CD3WD subject areas this should not be required.

Little Setup Builder is a free tool for the creation of simplified install programs. It assembles and packs an install program, an uninstall program, the files to install, and the support files into a single executable file.
Little Setup Builder is a setup-maker. That is, it builds a program that will be able to ship your application on a target computer and that will set up its environment for allowing your program to run properly. Such setup will follow the Windows installation guidelines (a set of rules and suggestions that wants to plan the appearence and the behaviour of a compliant installer). It should be able to guide the user through the whole setup process, allowing him to understand what he is doing about and how to manage some possible errors.
When I started to write LSB I needed a simple and free setup-maker for installing a little application without nag screens, copyright messages, advertising and so on... Because I was searching on myself for a free program, I like to keep LSB freeware; all its further versions, if any, will remain free.
LSB does not offer wizards for making easier the installer design. Instead it offers the chance to test easily your output program, with two test-level, and an inspect window for checking its state while running.
A lot of the LSBs source code consists of my own libraries. Many lines of code have been written in Assembler.

Tarma Setup is a tool developed for program installing and uninstalling for Windows 9x / NT4 applications. Its design goals are to provide Windows-compliant install/uninstall functionality with a small distribution size, a straightforward user interface, smart install and uninstall behavior, and simple setup specification and installation log files.
Main features:
- Microsoft Windows-compliant software installation and removal
- Straightforward user interface, requiring minimal user interaction for both installation and removal
- Optional Readme (before and after installation) and License Agreement pages
- User-selectable installation folder with sensible defaults
- Creation of application shortcuts on the Windows Desktop, Start menu, and/or Programs folder, at the users discretion
- Creation of an application folder with additional shortcuts under the Programs folder of the Windows Start menu
- Installation of new or modified files, including the creation of all required folders
- Built-in support for the registration of DLLs, ActiveX controls, device drivers, type libraries, and REGEDIT4 files - no need for separate regsvr32.exe, regini.exe, or other registration utilities
- Delayed installation of (system) files that are in use during the installation process
- Post-boot registration of DLLs, ActiveX controls, type libraries, etc. if necessitated by delayed installation of new files
- Platform-dependent installation of file groups to allow different installation configurations for Windows 95, 98, and NT4
- One-click uninstall functionality that completely removes all installed components: files, folders, shortcuts, registry entries, and the uninstaller itself
- Smart uninstall of shared files - will correctly and without user intervention remove or retain shared (system) files even if their SharedDlls reference counts are unreliable
- Application-accessible and fully documented installation log to allow the installed application to modify the items listed for removal
- Small distribution size: a single executable of only 58 KB incorporates all install/registration/uninstall functionality. The accompanying Setup.ini file is typically 2-5 KB, depending on the application being installed

With X-Setup your are able to control most of the hidden features of Windows. For example: activate drag full Windows and font smooting without installing Plus!Activate always unload DLLs, dont start CDs with AUTOSTART.INF, edit your logoff-pictures, clear the font-cache and the icon-cache.