Preface

Since Rob Mensching offered up the WiX toolset as the first open source project from Microsoft in 2004, it has been quietly gaining momentum and followers. Today, thousands use it to build Window Installer packages from simple XML elements. Gone are the days when you would have had to pay for software to build an installer for you. Now, you can do it yourself for cheap.

Not only that, but WiX has matured into a fairly slick product that's sufficiently easy to use. Best of all, it has the bells and whistles you want, including functionality to add user interface wizards, Start menu shortcuts, control Windows services, and read and write to the registry.

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