InstallShield Self-Extracting EXE
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This article is intended to cover only the outer-layer distribution file, and not the various executable and other component files that it may contain. | This article is intended to cover only the outer-layer distribution file, and not the various executable and other component files that it may contain. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:25, 2 October 2022
InstallShield Self-Extracting EXE is an executable installer file created by the InstallShield installation software for Windows.
This article is intended to cover only the outer-layer distribution file, and not the various executable and other component files that it may contain.
Not all editions of InstallShield supported creating self-extracting EXE files, and it's not uncommon to find InstallShield component files packaged in other ways (e.g. ZIP), or unpackaged.
[Ed. note: This article needs much more research and expansion.]
[edit] Identification
For at least one version (3?) of InstallShield, ASCII "InstallShield Self-Extracting Stub Program" appears beginning at offset 943.
[edit] Software
- STIX - Extracts from InstallShield v3 files. (DOS, OS/2)
- stix.zip (from SAC)
- [1] → stix.arj
- https://github.com/DeclanHoare/stix/
- ISx - InstallShield installer extractor. Claims to support InstallShield versions released from about 2003 to 2016.
- IsXunpack.exe - For InstallShield v7. Can be found in Universal Extractor. Source is this forum post.
- InstallShield Setup Extract (Probably very limited support.)
[edit] Sample files
Wanted: Lots more samples from different versions of InstallShield.
