Extension is no longer marked as a 'Preview', and no longer works on VS builds earlier than 17. What is Advanced Installer All-in-one application packaging tool to create, edit, update, repackage MSI, EXE, App-V, APPX, and MSIX.You can download a version of this extension compatible with Visual Studio 2015 here. You can download a version of this extension compatible with with Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 here. NOTE: This extension is designed to work with Visual Studio 2022. Once you have finished installing the extension and restarted Visual Studio, you will be able to open existing Visual Studio Installer projects, or create new ones.įor modern deployment targeting Windows 10 you can also use the Windows Packaging Project to create APPX and/or MSIX packages. To use this extension, you can either open the Extensions and Updates dialog, select the online node, and search for 'Visual Studio Installer Projects,' or you can download directly from this page.

This extension provides the same functionality that currently exists in Visual Studio 2019 for Visual Studio Installer projects.

Advanced installer alternative