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Setup project with Visual studio 2008 really sucks. Do you know if there is other free alternatives ?

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Inno Setup - Very flexible, yet simple.

Christopher_G_Lewis
I'll second that. You can do a lot with it. Plus, you get to write a little Pascal (blasted := and no semicolon before and else!) ;-) Seriously, it is definitely worth checking out. There's a good amount of examples and, as Christopher has stated, it is flexible. Coolest thing for me - calling external DLLs to address application-specific steps during install.
itsmatt
+1 I've used this thing since it's conception. Very easy to script.
Sergey
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Windows Installer XML

It will be available as part of Visual Studio 2010 and it is very powerful in term of flexibility, although it lack a UI designer (for those who prefer that).

Pierre-Alain Vigeant
Beat me to it :)
ParmesanCodice
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There also these two:

There is a big of a limitation with NSIS, where you can't easily install to the GAC.

ParmesanCodice