InstallShield INX

File Format
Name	InstallShield INX
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Configuration files InstallShield INX
Extension(s)	.inx
PRONOM	fmt/197
Wikidata ID	Q59961105
Released	~1999

InstallShield INX is a "compiled script" or "compiled rules" format associated with the InstallShield installation software.

See also InstallShield INS (predecessor?).

File Information

Most INX files included with an installation are named "setup.inx", this propriety file includes instructions and parameters for the installation.

Files begin with the hex values 614C755A. Followed by a copyright statement, with older files naming "1990-1999 Stirling Technologies, Ltd.", while later versions state "1990-2002 InstallShield Software Corp."

Software

• SID - Sexy Installshield Decompiler
• Thread with several decompilers

Sample Files

• Sample INX file
• Sample INX file
• dexvert samples — document/installShieldCompiledScript