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Self Extracting Application creator.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:45 am
by Gen-ik
Does anyone know of any free (or shareware that never times-out) programs that create Self Extracting EXE files ?

All I need is to basically crunch up a load of files into an .EXE file and then when the .EXE is executed by someone else it will un-crunch the files into a folder that I want the files to go... (c:\\gen-iks_files\) for example.

Any help would be great.
Thanks.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:21 am
by m3mn0n
A friend once recommended this to me: Zip 2 Secure EXE
Description
"ZIP 2 Secure EXE" is a utility program that creates self-extracting ZIP files for
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. Self-extracting ZIP files are executable programs (EXEs) that contain a ZIP file and the software necessary to unzip the contents. Users can unzip the contents of a self-extracting ZIP simply by running it like any other program. No other software is needed.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:28 am
by Weirdan
Or check out WinRAR, it has this feature too (and support for some sort of internal scripting)

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:41 am
by volka
or the nullsoft installer at http://nsis.sourceforge.net

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:32 am
by Gen-ik
I will check them out.
Thanks for the pointers guys.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:24 am
by m3mn0n
Anytime.