Excelsior Installer

What's New in version 1.6

We have implemented a handful of new features on customer requests. Thanks to all Excelsior Installation Toolkit community members who gave us feedback on the previous versions of our product.

Post-install actions

You may now add typical post-install actions to the last page of the installation dialog. Examples are launching the application just installed, viewing the readme file, restarting the computer, etc. etc.

Version information from executables

The version information, such as company name and product version, is propagated from Windows executables and used as the default settings for Excelsior Installer setups.

Difference tracker for updates

When preparing update packages for the created installations, Excelsior Installer now enables you to easily inspect and commit changes between the original installation and the respective files and directories on the disk. As a result, you can add the new and modified files and directories to the update package in a few mouse clicks.

The difference tracker is invoked automatically when you start preparing an update, or can be invoked manually through the main menu of Excelsior Installer.

Deleting all files from installation folders

Excelsior unInstaller can be configured to remove all files from the installation folder including those created by the application after installation.

When preparing the installation package, you can set this option on page Details, tab "Extra facilities" (see "Specifying Installation Settings"/"Extra facilities" in the User's Guide).

Project history

Excelsior Installer wizard now allows you to quickly open one of the recently saved projects (see "Opening a project" sections in the User's Guide for details.)