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I use Inno Setup many years ago, you may consider it. It can be used for free even for commercial products/packages:<br />
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<a href="http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php" rel="ugc">http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php</a>
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I use Inno Setup many years ago, you may consider it. It can be used for free even for commercial products/packages:

http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php [http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php]

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Hi,<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks. The point I am concerned is that &nbsp;this is a Hotfix (which means it is installed on top of &nbsp;a product which is already installed)
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Hi,

    Thanks. The point I am concerned is that  this is a Hotfix (which means it is installed on top of  a product which is already installed)

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Hi,<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a hotfix for a product ( It has a .exe file and other files and folders &nbsp;with dlls and other files<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; The client is looking for a Windows Installer - .MSI &nbsp;( I have done creating .MSI files &nbsp;long before from &nbsp;.NET projects &nbsp;in Visual Studio 2005 or so) &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Environment &nbsp;to install is Windows 7 workstations <br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; Can someone suggest the right method ? &nbsp;( can I do it from Visual Studio - I have no source code with me)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;Thanks,
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Hi,

    I have a hotfix for a product ( It has a .exe file and other files and folders  with dlls and other files
    The client is looking for a Windows Installer - .MSI  ( I have done creating .MSI files  long before from  .NET projects  in Visual Studio 2005 or so)     
    Environment  to install is Windows 7 workstations 

    Can someone suggest the right method ?  ( can I do it from Visual Studio - I have no source code with me)

   Thanks,

Windows Installer

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