v2.4.2 (2025/02/14)

Fixed: There is a known issue in Unity 6, where PlayerSettings.GetIcons() does not return icon overrides set up in the Project Settings anymore. (see https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/player-settings-icons-are-not-retrieved-when-using-playersettings-dot-geticons-method). This causes the installer icon to be built incorrectly, thus desktop shortcuts and the icon in Add/Remove programs to show up as a grey box. This patch adds a workaround for Unity 6 where one can use the "Default Icon" property in the Player Settings to set the icon.

v2.4.1 (2024/12/31)

Fixed: An issue where using a custom background or banner image would throw an exception during installer creation.

v2.4.0 (2024/12/11)

Added: Remember the installation directory through an entry in the Windows registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<Manufacturer>\<PackageName>. When an installer is configured to allow users to specify a custom installation directory themselves, the path of an existing installation is used as the default value in the installer UI.

v2.3.0 (2024/11/13)

Added: Add the option to display a checkbox to run the application immediately after installation.
Changed: Made the default background image a .png with transparency. This is required to correctly display the optional checkbox on the installer's final screen.

v2.2.2 (2024/10/31)

Fixed: Made the installer creation less dependent on a specific wix version. This improves cases where a user updates to a newer version of wix on their own.
Fixed: An issue that could result in an error message "No NuGet sources are defined or enabled" when trying to install wix.

v2.2.1 (2024/10/02)

Changed: In the project settings UI a new 'CallbackOrder' field allows users to control exactly when the default post build script is executed. This setting is only available when 'Create Installer each build' is enabled.

v2.2.0 (2024/04/24)

Added: Add the option to create a start menu shortcut.
Added: Expose UpgradeCode to allow setting it from a build script.
Fixed: Add missing translations to ShortCutsDlg.

v2.1.0 (2024/02/07)

Added: Add the option to specify a custom .ico file as the product icon.
Fixed: Debug Symbols (.pdb files, Burst & IL2CPP Debug folders) are ignored by default and will not be included in the installer.
Fixed: Fixed incorrect install path on Cloud Builds.
Fixed: Fixed issue that resulted in grey shortcut icons when creating installers on certain machines.

v2.0.2 (2023/12/06)

Fixed: Fixed an issue that prevented users of .NET 8 to correctly install WiX and the required extension.
Fixed: Fix msi path not being available in build summary window.

v2.0.1 (2023/10/24)

Fixed: Fix Custom Background and Banner Images not being used by default on new projects.
Fixed: Fix WiX UI and Util extensions failing to install during Cloud Build.

v2.0.0 (2023/10/18)

Added: Support for Unity Build Automation (formerly Cloud Build).
Changed: Switched to distribution as a package.
Changed: WiX.InstallWix() now installs silently by default.
Fixed: Fixed progress text not being formatted correctly on certain systems.

v1.9.0 (2023/07/25)

Added: Added support for custom URL protocols (deep linking).
Fixed: Fixed editor performance issue on Windows 11.

v1.8.1 (2023/07/03)

Fixed: Fixed an issue with creating the application icon when the global texture mipmap limit was set to a value other than 0.
Fixed: Improved compatibility with Unity 2023.

v1.8.0 (2023/05/17)

Added: The option to close running instances of the application during uninstall.
Added: The option to choose AppData folders for the default install location.
Fixed: Building an installer with the target directory of a build on a different drive than the Unity project could result in an error in certain cases.
Fixed: Building an installer could fail when no valid custom UI images had been assigned.

v1.7.0 (2023/02/03)

Added: The option to change the default name for the folder(s) where the software will be installed to. Possible names are 'Manufacturer/Product Name' or just 'Product Name'. Note, that if you allow users to select a custom install location, they will be able to change these directory names.
Fixed: Specifying a 'Default Icon' in PlayerSettings was not being considered for being used as a ProductIcon. Now the default icon will be used if there is no specific override for the Windows Standalone platform.

v1.6.2 (2023/01/25)

Fixed: Having white spaces in your Windows username would result in an error, when trying to create an installer.

v1.6.1 (2022/11/21)

Fixed: Setting up WiX could result in an incomplete installation due to mismatching extension versions.

v1.6.0 (2022/06/29)

Added: Support for installer packages larger than 2GB.
Fixed: Desktop shortcuts could be created in cases where they shouldn't be, i.e. even if the associated property in the settings windows had been set to ‘Don’t create’.

v1.5.0 (2022/05/20)

Added: The option to create an uninstall shortcut inside the install directory.

v1.4.0 (2022/05/05)

Added: Localization / Multi-Language Installers. The installer UI can now be configured to use a specific language out of 38 languages to choose from.

v1.3.0 (2022/05/03)

Added: Desktop Shortcuts. The installer UI can now be configured to show a dialog where the user is able to choose, whether a desktop shortcut should be created during installation. Alternatively, a desktop shortcut can also be created without requiring user permission.

v1.2.0 (2022/04/11)

Added: If an icon for the application has been set in the PlayerSettings (Project Settings -> Player), it will automatically be used as the icon that is displayed for the application in "Add/Remove Programs".
Fixed: The "Package Name" and "Manufacturer" property could display stale information in certain cases.
Fixed: Overriding the "Manufacturer" property" could throw errors in certain cases.

v1.1.0 (2022/04/01)

Added: An installer UI that guides the user through the installation, which can be enabled on demand and configured through the settings window.
Added: The installer UI can be customized by providing your own images to be used in the UI.
Added: The installer UI includes the option to show an end user license agreement that the user has to accept in order to install the application.
Added: The installer UI includes the option to allow the user to change the installation directory.
Updated: The settings window shows you more useful information about the project data that is used to generate the installer (e.g. Company Name, Product Name and Version from PlayerSettings). It also allows you to overwrite some of these values if necessary.

v1.0.1 (2022/03/28)

Fixed: 64 bit applications are now correctly installed to %programfiles% and 32 bit applications to %programfiles(x86)%.
Fixed: "Open Documentation" now actually opens the online documentation in the browser.
Changed: The default installer name now contains the architecture it was built for.

v1.0.0 (2022/03/23)

Initial Release

Windows Installer for Unity