Upgrading Projects from InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition or Earlier

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

The following information describes possible upgrade issues that may occur when you upgrade projects that were created with InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition and earlier to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition. It also alerts you to possible changes in behavior that you may notice between new InstallShield 2019 Express Edition projects and projects that are upgraded from InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition or earlier to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition.

General Information about Upgrading Projects that Were Created in Earlier Versions of InstallShield

If you use InstallShield 2019 Express Edition to open a project that was created with an earlier version, InstallShield 2019 Express Edition displays a message box that asks you if you want to convert the project to the new version. If you reply that you do want to convert it, InstallShield creates a backup copy of the project with a file extension such as .773 before converting it. Delete the .773 part from the original project’s file name if you want to reopen the project in the earlier version of InstallShield. Note that you cannot open InstallShield 2019 Express Edition projects in earlier versions of InstallShield.

You can upgrade projects that were created with the following versions of InstallShield Express Edition to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition: InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition and earlier, InstallShield 12 Express Edition and earlier, and InstallShield Express 5 and earlier. Note that projects that were created with InstallShield MultiPlatform or InstallShield Universal cannot be upgraded to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition.

Changes that Affect All Projects (New and Upgraded Projects)

Change in Requirements for Target Systems

InstallShield no longer supports the creation of installations for Windows 2000 systems.

InstallShield no longer supports the creation of installations for mobile devices. Thus, the Mobile Devices view and the Smart Device project type are no longer included in InstallShield. If you try to upgrade a Smart Device project from InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition or earlier to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition, InstallShield 2019 Express Edition displays an error message and fails to open the project. If you upgrade a project from InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition or earlier to InstallShield 2019 Express Edition, and if the project targets desktop platforms and contains other mobile device support, InstallShield removes the mobile device support during the upgrade and logs a warning.

Change in Requirements for Systems Running InstallShield

The minimum operating system requirement for running InstallShield is now Windows XP SP3 or Windows Server 2003 SP2. Previously, the minimum operating system requirement was an RTM version of either of these operating systems.

See Also

What’s New in InstallShield 2013 Express Edition

Upgrading from Earlier Versions of InstallShield

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