>>I've not used Setup Specialist, but Installshield is worth every penny.
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>Unfortunately, we have no pennies to spend. I'm not even sure I can get SS, but it's cheap enough that I have a chance at it.

If you're ambitious, you might try a combination of a script using WSH and VBScript, firing a Setup Wizard install as one of its steps. It's free, and nearly undocumented. You'll love it... :)

Actually, WSH and scripting are pretty well documented in the MSDN help files under the Windows Scripting Host topic. You have options to use either VBScript of JScript as an ancillary scripting language, and it has a number of internal automation objects that make acces to the registry, shortcuts, etc fairly simple. But it does involve programming, and there aren't any wizards to assist in the packaging and direction of the install - you have to roll your own.

InstallShield Pro pays for itself very quickly if you want to build professional looking and behaving installations without a tremendous investment in time.

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>Thanks,
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>-Michelle