Windows installer for the cppcheck ---------------------------------- Simple Windows installer installing executable, license file and readme.txt to program files/cppcheck folder. Shortcuts are created to start cmd.exe in installation folder. So when the user selects start menu/desktop icon he gets command prompt in cppcheck folder. Get the InnoSetup from: http://www.innosetup.com/ Be sure to download the 'QuickStart Pack' as it installs some nice tools like ISTool and preprocessor support. Files the installer needs: /Release/cppcheck.exe /COPYING /readme.txt /AUTHORS NOTE: Remember to convert COPYING and AUTHORS to Windows EOL format! Otherwise Windows Notepad (default viewer) can't show then properly. VS Runtime files: Copy following files to same folder: - Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest - msvcp90.dll - msvcr90.dll and modify RuntimesFolder -macro in begin of cppcheck.iss to point to the folder where files are. You can find runtime files from VS installation or from net. Creating the installer executable: #1 Open the ISTool and load cppcheck.iss #2 Update the release version number: - look for line "#define AppVersion" #3 Check all files are present: - from menu: Project / Verify files... #4 Compile the installer - from menu: Project / Compile Setup If compilation succeeds, the installer executable is created into /Build -folder. The filename is cppcheck-[version]-setup.exe.