Installing an additional redistributable file with Inno Setup

Question

I am using Inno setup to install my tool together with some dlls. However, I need to run a microsoft redistributable .exe during my setup. How can embed it into the setup process?

Answer 1

If you want to install additional redistributables with your application, you can add them to the setup using a normal [Files] entry with the dontcopy flag.

You can then extract this during the PrepareToInstall event function using the ExtractTemporaryFile() function and run it using Exec().

This method will also allow you to check the exit code and prompt to reboot if required.

There are various related articles on the ISXKB wiki.