Running Your Installation

InstallShield 2018 » Basic MSI Tutorial

After completing the Project Assistant steps in this tutorial, you have created a fully functional installation that installs the Tutorial executable.

To run your installation:

Click the Run button on the toolbar or press CTRL+F5.

The installation displays the dialogs that you specified in the Installation Interview page of the Project Assistant. The values you entered in the Project Assistant are displayed to the end user in the appropriate dialogs. For example, at run time, the default value of INSTALLDIR that you specified in the Project Assistant appears in the Choose Destination Location dialog box. If the end user browses for a different destination directory, INSTALLDIR stores the new value.

After the installation is complete, you can browse for the directory and find the files installed by your installation. If the installation was successful, you will see the tutorial files installed.

Maintenance Mode

When a user runs an installation a second (or later) time for an application installed on their system, the installation runs in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode allows the user to modify feature selections from the first-time installation, repair the features already installed, or remove the entire application.

Uninstalling the Application

To uninstall the Tutorial application:

Click Uninstall.

Now that you have created a basic installation project, click the Installation Designer tab (near the top of the InstallShield window) to expand and fine-tune your installation as illustrated in the next step of the tutorial.

See Also

Troubleshooting Your Installation

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