A gentle introduction to WiX

intro.xml

<!-- Define Instalation Components-->
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
  <Directory Id="StartMenuFolder"/>
  <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
    <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="WixTest">
       <Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="b3915d8f-0301-40a0-8d09-66076e0ac43e">
   
         <File Id="testFile" Name="testFile.txt" Source="c:\TestFile.txt">
           <Shortcut Id="testShortcut" Name="testFileShortCut" Directory="StartMenuFolder" Advertise="yes" />
         </File>
         
         <File Id="testFile1" Name="testFile1.txt" Source="c:\TestFile1.txt" />
         <File Id="testFile2" Name="testFile2.txt" Source="c:\TestFile2.txt" />
         <File Id="testFile3" Name="testFile3.txt" Source="c:\TestFile3.txt" />
     
       </Component> 
    </Directory>
  </Directory>
</Directory>

<!--Install-->
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixTest" Level="1">
    <ComponentRef Id="ProductComponent" />
</Feature>

skeleton.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
  <Product Id="5fffca1a-e20b-4b76-924a-a915f3124a11" Name="WixTest" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="WixTest" UpgradeCode="8e607b01-0d14-4c3e-b135-53631a6b44ff">
    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
        <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="WixTest">
          <!-- TODO: Remove the comments around this Component element and the ComponentRef below in order to add resources to this installer. -->
          <!-- <Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="b3915d8f-0301-40a0-8d09-66076e0ac43e"> -->
            <!-- TODO: Insert files, registry keys, and other resources here. -->
          <!-- </Component> -->
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixTest" Level="1">
      <!-- TODO: Remove the comments around this ComponentRef element and the Component above in order to add resources to this installer. -->
      <!-- <ComponentRef Id="ProductComponent" /> -->
    </Feature>
  </Product>
</Wix>