InstallMate

If you are a software developer and you've just created an amazing program, it's essential to build an installer for it, so that end users can have the program installed into their systems. Even though this step of the software development doesn't seem so important, it shouldn't be neglected, as a buggy and unfriendly installation process may pose problems to users and may also lower the popularity of your software.

In order to create a simple and effective installer for all your applications, you could use InstallMate. This Windows program allows you to quickly and easily create installers for any application and it also gives you the ability to fully customize the installation process. After installing and running the software, you will be able to build the installation process for your software just by going through all the tabs displayed in the interface.

The first tab displays an overview of the entire setup process, allowing you to quickly view the most important aspects of the installer, like the software name, version, number of files contained by the application, installer icon and other similar useful information. After going through all the tabs, the next step is to compile the installer projects, to make sure that there are no errors. In case there are errors, they will be well explained in the bottom part of the interface. What's more, the program also displays the exact location of the error, which is really useful for correcting it. After compiling the project, you are able to run the installer before actually saving it. Thus, you will be able to install your software from an end user's point of view.