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After finishing development on your software and testing everything out, you'll have to think of how to deliver it to your user base. Having them deploy it themselves can work, but that will prevent some less experienced users from accessing your program, and there's also the chance that some may not want to bother with such a procedure.

One way to go about this is by providing an installer, which works to automatize the whole process. If you've ever wondered how an installer gets made, InstallMate is a solution that allows users to create installers for their applications, and it's easier than you would think.

Users can essentially be as thorough as they want with their installer, and the program provides you numerous avenues to make the installing experience of your software behave the way you intended. Right away, you'll be asked to name your product, specify its version, and manage some package details. These details pertain to the name, as well as the installer's type, languages, and packaging.

You can provide as much information as you want about your program, and all of these details will be presented in the installer. Requirements for your software can be set in the next screen, where you'll be able to check the boxes for the relevant supported operating systems for your software.

Prerequisites can make the difference between a program running, to...not running, which is why it's important to configure them. You can select from a wide variety of runtimes, and they'll be included in the installer.

Users will also have to define their software's components for installation, as well as the files and folders that will be installed on the end user's drive. The registry keys and values to be installed also need to be tackled, as well as the other elements that need to be installed, such the file types, environment variables, services, device drivers, and so on.

Adding some options to your installer is possible, so you'll be able to set a reboot policy, as well as configure the way the uninstaller works. Among other things, you can design your installer's dialogs, and even choose a font of your choosing.  You can elect to include Readme and License pages before the end user proceeds with the installation of your software.

InstallMate is a thorough, yet sufficiently accessible software that grants developers the ability to package their programs, whose user-friendly interface allows one to design the installer for their apps to an exhaustive degree.

InstallMate is part of these download collections: Make EXE, EXE Creator, MSI Creator, Setup Maker