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Does Installshield 2010 support for windows 7 and windows8.


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balaji4u

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 09:49

HI , 

 

We are currently having a licensed version of Installshield 2010 , and all our product installations happen on Windows7 32 bit. 

 

1) Does IS2010 supports Windows7 64 bit installation ?  

2) We are targetting for Windows 8 both 32bit and 64 bit installations and does IS 2010 support windows 8 ? or should which version of IS should be used to package for windows 8 machines? .

 

Kindly provide your feedback.

 

Regards,

Balaji



Stefan Krueger

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Posted 21 November 2013 - 18:34

Microsoft tries to keep Windows Installer backward compatible, so MSI setups in general should work. Of course you don't get any new features or bug fixes or special support for Windows 8. A problem however could be caused by custom actions which might not be fully compatible with newer Windows versions.Especially on 64 bit Windows there's a possibility that the user or administrator has deactivated the 32 bit subsystem. This would cause problems with some InstallShield functionality. Support for pure 64 bit setups (which don't require the 32 bit subsystem) was added in InstallShield 2013.

Note that there is currently a special offer allowing you to buy IS 2013 at update price (although your IS 2010 is end of life)



balaji4u

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Posted 22 November 2013 - 07:50

HI Stefan, 

 

Thanks a lot for your response. 

 

Regards,

Balaji