Bytessence InstallMaker

Bytessence InstallMaker is a freeware installer creator targeted at individual developers or small companies who need to package their software products for internet distribution. BIM is very simple to use because it doesn't use scripts or other complicated installation mechanisms. All the installation and uninstallation details can be set up from a single program. If you don't have time to learn scripting languages and you need something quick for the software packaging job, there is a chance BIM can help you.

Screenshots

BIM's user interface	Settings page	Running a program
First page of the installer	Choosing the installation path	Start Menu configuration

Features

• 100% spyware and malware free
• Free for personal or corporate use
• Intuitive, multilingual interface
• Scriptless design (save time and maximize efficiency)
• Small installer overhead
• Powerful and fast ZIP compression
• No temporary files are used by the installer unlike other similar products
• Can check the operating system version, .NET framework version, running programs
• Advanced task management (create shortcuts, registry access, component registration, modify configuration files, etc.)
• Fully automated uninstaller, no configuration needed (it can also execute user-defined actions for additional uninstallation control)
• Customizable user interface for the installer (images, colours, background window, executable icon)
• Works on all major Windows(R) versions (NT4, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7)
• The installation data can be extracted with normal archivers (like 7-Zip)
• Computer restart capability
• Free e-mail support

System requirements

• 128 MB RAM memory available
• 400 MHz processor (or better)
• 10 MB of free Hard-Disk space
• Operating system: Windows(TM) NT 4.0, 98, Me, 2K, XP, Vista, 7 (32bit)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

What's new in version 4.30

• Minor interface changes
• Added a new graphics set
• Added Bulgarian, Czech and Turkish translations in the package
• Added 'Copy file' task for both installer and uninstaller
• Added 'Delete folder' task to uninstaller
• Added window class checking for closing active programs (to avoid false positives)
• Added 'Recent projects' menu
• Added option for saving window coordinates in the configuration dialog
• Added 8 new path variables (mostly for all-user paths)
• Added 'Tools' button on toolbar
• Added RTF Text Editor tool (for editing license / readme files)
• Added Hash Calculator tool (for generating hashes over installers)
• Added Window List tool (for getting window class names)
• Added expansion of OS environment variables (e.g. %PROGRAMFILES%)
• Added possibility to customize the Start menu group, uninstall shortcut and web link name
• Made some modifications to the Start Menu group page on the installer side
• The configuration file is now stored in the user's Application Data directory
• Made other minor fixes and optimizations

Downloading BIM

You can download BIM from the following links. Please uninstall older versions before installing the current build to avoid any problems. If you want to link to the download, please link to this page instead of the file directly. Thank you.

Version	Release date	Size	File type	Download	Donate
4.30	05 Nov 2009	2466 KB	Executable installer	Download

Additional files

BIM is available in the following languages:

Translation	Author	Download
Bulgarian	Radoslav Stefanov	Included in the main package
Czech	Libor Divis	Included in the main package
English	Bytessence	Included in the main package
Finnish (Installer)	Samu Voutilainen	Included in the main package
German	Matthias Broscheit	Included in the main package
Italian (Installer)	Ricardo Cabrera	Included in the main package
Japanese (Installer)	Vijay Atwater Vanness	Included in the main package
Portuguese/Brasilian (Installer)	Hélio Márcio	Included in the main package
Romanian	Bytessence	Included in the main package
Russian	Popov Evgeniy Alekseevich	Included in the main package
Spanish	Thissvald Guillermo	Included in the main package
Swedish	Lasse C.	Included in the main package
Turkish	Murat Elicaliskan	Included in the main package

If you wish to contribute with language files you can translate the files from the Localization folder of your BIM installation. Please send them via e-mail and they will be published here. Note that Unicode is not supported anymore. If you translate the program make sure to save the file as ANSI using the proper code page.