Windows Installation

[Tim Peters]

[Jonathan Gardner]
> ...
> My question is twofold:
> 1) Where do I go to find a neat free software (READ: No problems
> with GPL) windows installer (that works on all windows platforms)?

Give Inno Setup a try:

    http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

It's free and doesn't require a GUI.  You can a write a plain text file to
drive it.

> I could work through this on the Linux box and then have the guys on
> windows try stuff out realtime for me.

Better:  shame your Windows users into writing the installer.  If they can't
figure out how to use Inno Setup, they're not users worth having anyway
<wink>.

Alternative:  Ship your app in a zip file and skip the start menu (etc)
business.  Windows users should be able to create their own shortcuts -- the
OS has extensive drag-'n-drop facilities for doing so.

but-they'll-whine-even-if-you-do-it-for-them<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim