How to create a MSI Installer for UniGetUI

Sometimes, when deploying software through GPO, msi installers are required. However, UniGetUI does not offer such installers by default. In order to obtain a .msi installer, the following guide must be followed.

[!Warning] When using MSI Installers, required dependencies will not be installed automatically. The deployer will need to ensure that the following requirements are met on target machines:

• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistriutable 2015-2022 (x64)
• Microsoft Edge WebView Runtime (x64)

Creating a MSI wrapper for the installer

1. Install Visual Studio 2022 and the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022 extension.
2. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/Devolutions/UniGetUI

3. Download from GitHub the installer version you wish to package as MSI.
4. Move the downloaded exe installer into InstallerExtras/MsiCreator. Ensure that the downloaded installer name is exactly UniGetUI Installer.exe
5. Open the Solution (MsiInstallerWrapper.sln) with Visual Studio and build the solution. The files UniGetUISetup.msi and setup.exe will be created. You may want to delete setup.exe, since it will not be used.
6. (Optional) Test that the file UniGetUISetup.msi installs UniGetUI properly. You should be now ready to go