You might wish to remove the ‘Manufacturer’ section, for example, if you do not wish to include this in your overall folder location. To change the destination of the application folder right-click the Application Folder in the File System window and choose Properties:ĭefaultLocation gives you the overall structure of the folder location. You can also re-name and/or tidy up your shortcut, eg by giving it the same name as your main application: If you wish, you can make it look more organized by right-clicking the User’s Programs Menu in order to create a new folder with which to house your shortcut. This enables the shortcut to be created on the user’s desktop and in the main Programs menu: You can also right-click the executable file in order to create shortcuts, which can be inserted into the User’s Desktop / User’s Programs Menu. For example, if you wish this to contain the executable of your application, then copy the exe file, right-click the Application Folder and paste the application to it. The Application Folder will specify where the software is located. There are three main folders in the user interface: Application Folder, User’s Desktop and Users Programs Menu. To edit your project properties to eg change its name, right click on the project and select properties: Then use the next section to add any other files such as chm, pdf, rtf etc, and then select next:Īfter clicking finish you will see that a new project gets added to your application: But you will probably need to include documentation files, if you have those. You probably don’t need source code so leave this unchecked. Select Primary for all your exes, dlls etc. Then select the files that will be coming out of your application. Even if you did, you can still add them at a later date:

You probably don’t yet need any of the other special packages, so just click next.

First click next and then decide if you need a Windows or Web application. The Setup Wizard will then walk you through the remaining steps. Give your setup program a name and press OK: Then in the Add New Project dialog choose Visual Studio Installer and Setup Wizard.

Start by adding an installer project by right-clicking on your solution folder and choosing Add -> New Project: Follow these simple steps to build your own setup package for the Visual Studio application you are working on.Ĭreating an installer within your existing Visual Studio project Visual Studio 2010 contains a package that enables you to create Windows installer files for your applications.

Visual studio code installation steps