What’s New in InstallShield 2009 SP1

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InstallShield 2009 supports a beta version of Windows Installer 4.5. InstallShield 2009 Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes changes that offer support for the final released version of Windows Installer 4.5:

InstallShield Prerequisites for Windows Installer 4.5

InstallShield now includes the following InstallShield prerequisites for the final released version of the Windows Installer 4.5 redistributables:

Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 (x86)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 (x64)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 (IA64)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later (x86)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Server 2003 and XP (x64)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows Server 2003 (IA64)
Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows XP SP2 and later (x86)

You can add these InstallShield prerequisites to Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects if you want Windows Installer 4.5 to be installed at run time.

For more information, see Adding Windows Installer Redistributables to Projects.

Additional Changes

For a list of issues that are resolved in InstallShield 2009 SP1, see the release notes. The release notes are available from the Help menu in InstallShield.

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