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Setup installer

Wrap your EXE in a polished Windows installer.

The Make Installer wizard inside XLS Padlock wraps your compiled workbook into a single self-extracting Windows installer: shortcuts, a license agreement, and a proper Add/Remove Programs uninstaller. It builds the installer with Paquet Builder, a separate setup-maker you install alongside XLS Padlock.

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The XLS Padlock Make Installer dialog with fields for Destination Path, Installer Title, and Application Name, and a Generate Installer button.
The Make Installer wizard collects the destination path, title, and app name, then generates the installer project.

What the Setup wizard gives you.

One pass through the wizard produces a complete, distributable installer: no setup script to write, no second tool to learn.

Single self-extracting installer

The wizard wraps your compiled EXE into one self-extracting Windows installer (.exe). Customers run it like any setup program.

Shortcuts and clean uninstall

Start menu and desktop shortcuts, plus a proper Add/Remove Programs entry so customers can uninstall cleanly.

License agreement and readme

Show your EULA and a readme during setup. The wizard collects them, with no installer script to write by hand.

Customize in Paquet Builder

The wizard hands the project to Paquet Builder, where you fine-tune the installer before building the final file.

Code-signed workbook

XLS Padlock signs your compiled EXE with your own Authenticode certificate (signtool or Azure Trusted Signing), so SmartScreen shows your verified publisher name.

A Windows SmartScreen dialog showing the publisher name on a code-signed installer, with Run anyway and Don't run buttons.
With an Authenticode certificate on your compiled EXE, SmartScreen displays your publisher name instead of an unknown-publisher warning.

Four steps, one Setup wizard.

From a protected workbook to a signed, ready-to-send installer, here is the path the wizard walks you through.

  1. 01

    Compile the workbook

    Produce the protected EXE in XLS Padlock first. The Setup wizard wraps that EXE; it does not change its contents.

  2. 02

    Open the Make Installer wizard

    From the XLS Padlock manager, run Make Installer. Fill in the destination path, installer title, and application name.

  3. 03

    Build in Paquet Builder

    XLS Padlock launches Paquet Builder with the project. Add shortcuts, a license agreement, and branding, then build the single .exe installer.

  4. 04

    Sign and distribute

    Code-sign your compiled EXE with your certificate, then host the installer on your CDN, attach it to a WooCommerce order, or send it by email.

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