windows-tools-guide.md

Windows tools installation guide

As explained in the docs, you must install Inno Setup (iscc) to generate an EXE installer and WIX Toolset (candle and light) to generate a MSI file.

Using Chocolatey

You can install both tools in a simple way using Chocolatey package manager:

1. Install Chocolatey

2. Run next command on CMD or PowerShell as Administrator to install both tools:

   choco install -y innosetup wixtoolset
   

And both tools will be automatically available in PATH.

Using scoop

You can also use Scoop to achieve the same goal. Scoop is a lightweight alternative to Chocolatey that doesn't require admin rights and installs by default to a folder in the user's home directory.

1. Install Scoop
2. Run in CMD or PowerShell (no need to be Administrator):

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install inno-setup
scoop install wixtoolset

Both tools will also be available in PATH.