Installers: WIX or Inno Setup? [closed]

It’s been a long time since I worked with MSI, when I switched to InnoSetup I never looked back.

I did not want my installation to be a headache. I needed something where I could “Set it and forget it”

By default InnoSetup produces an uninstall.
It can handle simple or complex install and uninstall needs.

With InnoSetup You have a few different ways you can upgrade applications.

  • Initially we did use the overwrite method which just overwrote the existing installation.
  • Recently we switched an automatic uninstall of the previous version when new version was installed.

With InnoSetup downgrades are typically uninstall and reinstall the older version.

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