Flexera Installshield 2015

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InstallShield 2015 Limited Edition is an application marketed by the software company Flexera Software. Sometimes, users choose to erase this program. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. How to enable InstallShield Limited Edition 2015. Ask Question Asked 2 years, 7 months ago. And on Flexera Software's website I found this page suggesting you can 'register your product online'. It, errm, redirects you to a page which doesn't exist. How to enable InstallShield Limited Edition in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition.

InstallShield
Stable release
InstallShield 2008 Interface. This model of IDE is still used.^[when?]
Original author(s)	Viresh Bhatia and Rick Harold
Developer(s)	Flexera Software
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Setup creator
License	Shareware
Website	installshield.com

InstallShield is a proprietary software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, though it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices.

Features[edit]

InstallShield generates a .msi file which can be used on the destination computer in order to install the payloads from the source computer where it was created.It is possible to specify questions, set prerequisites and registry settings that the user will be able to choose at the installation time.

Development[edit]

Flexera Installshield 2016

InstallShield was developed by The Stirling Group, a company founded in 1987 by Viresh Bhatia and Rick Harold, who had first met when they were computer science students at Northwestern University. Their first office was a small room in the basement of an old library building in Roselle, Illinois. They were to market a geographic mapping software, but it was never released. ^[1] By 1990 the company was selling a package of six products called the Shield Series.^[2] In that year the company released the InstallShield product to developers.^[3]

In 1993 they moved into larger offices in Schaumburg, Illinois, and changed the company name to Stirling Technologies, Inc.. The product became particularly well known after Microsoft endorsed it for use in Windows 95, and by 1997 the company estimated that it was being used in 85 to 90 percent of all software products written for Windows.^[3] Since 1996, the company operated under the InstallShield name until Macrovision acquired the business in 2004 for $76 million in cash plus a potential additional $20 million based on sales targets.^[4]

Limited feature releases of InstallShield were bundled with popular software development packages such as Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (InstallShield Professional 5.0), Borland Delphi 2.0–2006 (InstallShield Express 1–4) and Borland C++ Builder 1–6 (InstallShield Express 1–3.5).

On April 1, 2008, the Macrovision Software Business Unit (including the InstallShield brand) was sold to private equity firm Thoma Cressey Bravo, forming a new company called Acresso Software Corporation.^[5] In October 2009, Acresso changed its name to Flexera Software.^[6]

References[edit]

^'The Stirling Group'. The Electronic Developer Magazine for OS/2.
^Leslie Mann, 'Meet The Original Installshield Wizards: If You Use A Windows-based PC, Chances Are You've Used Rick Harold And Viresh Bhatia's Handiwork', Chicago Tribune, March 1, 1998.
^ ^a^bSchmitt, Anne (1997-11-05). 'Schaumburg Company makes it possible to open windows'. Daily Herald. pp. 40–41 – via NewsPapers.com.
^Rose, Barbara (2004-06-18). 'Software installer may fetch $96 million'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
^'Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Macrovision's Software Business Unit'. Flexera Software. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
^Lai, Eric (2009-10-09). 'Acresso who? Macrovision spinoff changes name, again'. Computerworld. Retrieved 2017-08-17.

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