Creation of a windows installer package

Question

Can Visual Studio make a Windows installer from a c++ project (MSI or EXE setup file) without relying on InstallShield or Advanced Installer?

Actually, I haven't found the way to create an installation package with Visual Studio, as I did for InstallShield or Advanced Installer!

Answer 1

Yes , you can. It is called deploying your Project.
Visit the link to see the steps involved

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb384837.aspx