Set a password for Setup.exe

Question

I added a Setup Project to my existing Project to make a Setup out of it. Can I protect this Setup.exe with a password before you can install it? I'm using Visual Studio 2010.

Answer 1

try the following link , if not late

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/659367/Password-Dialog-for-Visual-Studio-Deployment-Proje

Answer 2

As far as I know the answer is no, you can't.

As suggested in the comments, you could just zip the whole setup and protect that with a password, or use some other third part encryption tool to do so if using winzip is not an option.

The problem with this approach is that, once one person has the key, they can create how many clear copies they want; if that's a problem, you may want to look into some other way to protect your program from piracy.