Create your first installation package

To create your first installation package with the WiX Toolset, you only need a text editor and the .NET SDK. If you have Visual Studio 2022, you have both.

Open a command prompt and follow these steps.

Create a new directory for your first WiX project.
C:\>
```
md C:\src\QuickStart
cd C:\src\QuickStart
```
Create a new text file to serve as your WiX project file named QuickStart.wixproj with the following content.
QuickStart.wixproj
```
<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/5.0.1">
</Project>
```

Create a new WiX source file named Package.wxs with the following content.

<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">
  <Package Name="QuickStart Example" Manufacturer="ACME Corp"
           Version="0.0.1" UpgradeCode="PUT-GUID-HERE">
    <File Source="example.txt" />
  </Package>
</Wix>

Create a new text file named example.txt with any content you want.
example.txt
```
This is example.txt. It's just example data.
```
Build the project.
C:\src\QuickStart>
```
dotnet build
```

Success

Your MSI package is bin\Debug\QuickStart.msi. Now you are ready to install it.