Password & Copyright Panel

InstallShield 2026 » Release Wizard

The Password & Copyright panel prompts you to activate password protection for your installation. It also lets you specify whether you want to use default information or custom information for the Version tab on the Properties dialog box, which is displayed when end users right-click Setup.exe and then click Properties.

Password & Copyright Panel Settings

Setting

Description

Password Protect Setup.exe

If you want to require that end users enter a password in order for Setup.exe to run, select this check box, and then enter the password in the Password box.

Password

Enter the password that end users must enter in order to run the installation.

Show Password Dialog Box During Setup Initialization

Project:This setting is available in InstallScript projects.

If you want to launch the password-checking code in the OnCheckMediaPassword event handler function’s default code, select this check box.

If you clear this check box, you must enter your own code in the script to request the password from end users and check it by calling FeatureValidate.

Use Custom Version Properties

Project:This setting is available in the following project types:

Basic MSI
InstallScript MSI

To override the default information and display your company’s copyright information, as well as other information, select this check box.

The information is shown on the Properties dialog box, which is displayed when end users right-click Setup.exe and then click Properties.

Copyright Notice

Project:This setting is available in the following project types:

Basic MSI
InstallScript MSI

Enter the copyright information that you want to be displayed on the Properties dialog box, which is displayed when end users right-click Setup.exe and then click Properties.