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InstallShield is once again revolutionizing software installations with new support for application virtualization with Microsoft App-V.
Now when you build a traditional MSI project, InstallShield 2010 can simultaneously build it as a virtual App-V package. It can also automatically modify your legacy MSIs to App-V packages. InstallShield 2010 handles all the conversion work, so there’s no learning curve for developers new to application virtualization.
To an end user, virtual applications appear and function just like physically installed software. But virtual applications never get installed on the client. Instead they run in their own isolated virtual containers – which include registry entries, libraries, executables, and anything else the application needs to run – completely separate from the operating system. Because there’s no physical installation, there are no installation or retirement problems and no application compatibility issues.
InstallShield 2010’s App-V support is ideal for companies adopting
application virtualization for their own environments. Virtual formats like
App-V are also useful for software vendors offering evaluation versions of
their products. Many end users are hesitant to install evaluations because
of the potential risk to their machines. With InstallShield 2010, developers
can offer evals as virtual packages, eliminating those fears and increasing
evaluations.
