ISS Converter

Convert Setup scripts (ISS) online for free


Drop or upload your .ISS file
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How to convert your ISS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ISS file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert ISS to another file type

The converter easily converts your ISS Scripts to various formats - free and online. No Inno Setup or or other Developer software needed.

  • ISS to TIF
  • ISS to THD
  • ISS to PDB
  • ISS to HRU
  • ISS to TDI
  • ISS to KRO
  • ISS to AU
  • ISS to JFIF
  • ISS to BMP
  • ISS to ALS
  • ISS to IFF
  • ISS to RGBA

Convert a file to ISS

To convert other file formats to the "Installation Script File" file type, you need software like Inno Setup or a similar tool.


About ISS files

ISS files are plain text scripts primarily used by Inno Setup to compile Windows installation packages, or by InstallShield to execute silent, unattended software deployments. They contain structured code defining source paths, registry modifications, shortcut creation, and installation directories.

While highly functional for developers and IT administrators, .ISS files are extremely frustrating for standard users. Because they are proprietary script extensions, double-clicking them without the native compiler installed will result in an unrecognized file error. Sharing a raw .ISS file with non-technical team members, documentation writers, or clients often causes confusion, as the file appears broken or inaccessible.

To make these files accessible to everyone, you need to convert them. For project documentation, archiving, or sharing, convert to PDF or DOCX. If you simply need the raw code viewable on any operating system without installing an IDE, convert to TXT or INI. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your ISS file.

Users also converted TXT, RUL, ISU and BOOT files.


FAQ

If you want to convert ISS file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Inno Setup or similar software from the "Installer Script and Response File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to ISS, try Inno Setup or another comparable tool in the "Installer Script and Response File" category.



The ISS Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ISS converter.