SSE Setup versions

Create Windows installers for your software applications
May 3, 2023
Oct 26, 2021
Feb 11, 2020
8.7
Review
8.6
Jan 21, 2019
8.5
Apr 10, 2018
Review
7.7
Dec 27, 2015
Review
7.6
Jul 1, 2015
Review
7.5
Jun 23, 2014
Review
7.4
Apr 7, 2014
Review
7.3
Jan 24, 2014
Review
7.2
Nov 11, 2013
7.1
Oct 19, 2012
Review
7.0
Feb 6, 2012
Review
6.6
Apr 12, 2011
Review
6.5
Jan 3, 2011
6.4
Jun 22, 2010
6.3
May 21, 2010
6.2
May 3, 2010
6.1
Mar 16, 2010
6.0
Jun 26, 2009
5.2
Dec 18, 2008
5.1
Jan 25, 2008
Review

What's new

v7.6 [Jul 1, 2015]
- Bug Fix (Booster): When only allowing install on specific service packs of an OS, the OS settings may have gotten messed up on project save.
- Bug Fix: When requiring .NET Framework 4.5.1, it may not have been seen as existing if .NET Framework 4.5.2 was installed.
- New Change: Improved Windows 10 & Server 2016 support and ability to block install on them.
- New Change: Improved Access deployment. When starting a New Project, if you select your Access file as your main program, it will configure Setup to be more Access-friendly. I've also updated the Access help to provide clearer start to finish instructions.
- New Change: New .NET Framework 4.5.2 prerequisite ability.
- New Change: Better uninstall command-line support.

v7.5 [Jun 23, 2014]
- Bug Fix: Access prerequisite check problems. There were several problems with the Access prerequisite check functionality. This includes problems with correctly determining Office versions (especially 2013) which could have affected which runtime was installed, and problems correctly setting Trusted Location info. Part of this fix was issued as a patch for v7.4 and is now included in 7.5, but the trusted location problems were not resolved in that v7.4 patch. Lastly: Effective 4/28/14 (retroactive for previous versions), the latest 2013 SP1 runtime is always what is installed when 2013 is required.
- Bug Fix: Visual C++ prerequisite check problems. Previously the Visual C++ prerequisite checks by default installed either the 32-bit or 64-bit runtime depending on user OS. Now there are specific checks corresponding with either x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) and only that version will be downloaded/installed regardless of OS. Important: If you previously used a Visual C++ prerequisite in a project, you need to remove that line and re-pick the prerequisite in order to take advantage of this fix.

v7.1 [Oct 19, 2012]
- Bug Fix: Slight positioning problem when wizard interfaces scaled on Windows 7 / 2008 R2 / 8.
- Bug Fix (Partial): Slow Setup build and install creation for users running Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials (including all Windows 8 users by default) or certain other real-time antivirus software.
- Bug Fix (Internet Updater): Compatibility with pre-7.0 updaters.
- Bug Fix: R6034 errors and other potential DLL/OCX registration problems with v7.0.
- Bug Fix: Registration may not have been performed on already-existing DLL/OCX files.
- Bug Fix: Default initial install folder might have required an OK for creation if multiple levels deep.
- Bug Fix: If install folder had multiple created subfolders, it might not have been automatically removed on uninstall without a reboot.
- Bug Fix: Assorted possible crashes when Windows' DEP setting was set for "all programs".
- Bug Fix: Hard drive space prerequisite check may have incorrectly failed when a decimal point was used in certain cases.
- Bug Fix (Launchpad): When upgrading from pre-7.x to 7.0, if you had SSE Setup set to check for updates periodically, it might have gotten reset to not do so.
- Feature: SSE Setup now comes with extra wizard images as a part of the standard install.
- Change: .NET Framework 3.0 download change. Downloads now point to 3.5 SP1 (retroactive for previous SSE Setup versions).
- Change: .NET Framework 2.0 download change on Windows 8 / Server 2012 (your action possibly required - see help file).
- Change (Booster): Added .NET Framework 4.5 as a pre-set prerequisite you can choose.
- Change (Booster): Addition of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 in Booster as OS's to block install on.
- Change (Booster): Several minor Booster usability improvements.
- Change: You can now specifically register any DLL/OCX files as either 32-bit or 64-bit (rather than only ones going to system folder), and can choose not to register on a line-by-line basis.

v5.1 [Jan 25, 2008]
Major changes including GUI install creation, many new features, bug fixes

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