Adding Support Files
                                                InstallShield 2025
                                                
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                                                To add support files to your installation project:
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        |  | 1. | In Advanced UI, Basic MSI, InstallScript Object, and Suite/Advanced UI projects: In the View List under Behavior and Logic, click Support Files. | 
                                                
                                                In InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects: In the View List under Behavior and Logic, click Support Files/Billboards.
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        |  | 2. | Optionally, to create one or more subfolders for your files, in the Support Files explorer, right-click the Language Independent node or one of the language-specific nodes in this view, and then click New Folder. InstallShield adds a folder. Enter the name that you want to use for the folder. | 
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        |  | 3. | In the Support Files explorer, click the item that should contain the support file that you are adding. | 
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        |  | 4. | Right-click anywhere in the Files pane and then click Insert Files. The Open dialog box opens. | 
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        |  | 5. | Browse to the file that you want to include. To select multiple files, hold down the CTRL key while clicking files. | 
                                                
                                                
                                                InstallShield adds the file to the Files pane.
                                                Tip:You can also drag files from Windows Explorer and drop them into the Files pane.