Setup

Discover best practices for the setup and administration of Microsoft® systems.

Isolated Applications and Side-by-side Assemblies is a Microsoft Windows® solution that reduces versioning conflicts in Windows-client applications.

The Setup API provides a set of functions that a setup application calls to perform application installation operations. These setup functions are available to develop a setup application that can install any type of application.

WindowsFile Protection (WFP) prevents the replacement of essential system files installed as part of Windows. Applications should not overwrite these files because they are used by the system and other applications. Protecting these files prevents application and operating system failures

Windows Installer enables customers to better address corporate deployment and provide a standard format for component management. The installer supports advertisement of applications and features according to the operating system settings.

• Isolated Applications and Side-by-side Assemblies
• Setup API
• Windows File Protection
• Windows Installer
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• White Paper: The Windows Installer Service
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• Overview of Windows Installer Technologies
• Windows Installer FAQ