InstallShield 11.5

InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield was initially developed by Stirling Technologies. Stirling Technologies later renamed itself to InstallShield Corporation and continued to operate under the new name until Macrovision acquired the business in 2004. InstallShield was founded by Viresh Bhatia and Rick Harold. On April 1, 2008, the Macrovision Software Business Unit (including the InstallShield brand) was sold to private equity firm Thoma Cressey Bravo, forming a new company: Acresso Software Corporation. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices. The current version, InstallShield 2010, was released to the market on June 18, 2009. InstallShield 2010 supports Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, MSI 5, and is the only installer to support Microsoft App-V, which is the widely deployed application virtualization format. There are an estimated 71,000 ISVs and enterprise customers using InstallShield to author installations on Windows platforms. Additionally, there is now a version of the InstallShield Wizard for Linux - Sun Microsystems uses it for its Linux installations of applications such as Java and NetBeans. It was more common in older programs, often during the era of Windows 3.1 to 98, before being mostly overtaken by Windows Installer.[citation needed] Later versions of the InstallShield product can create installers that base upon the Windows Installer functionality and extend it in various ways.

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