Windows Rust Project with MSI installer example

Cargo.toml

[package]
name = "bassietest"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2024"
authors = ["Bastiaan van der Plaat <bastiaan.v.d.plaat@gmail.com>"]

[dependencies]
windows-sys = {version = "0.61.2", features = ["Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging"]}

main.rs

#![cfg_attr(all(windows, not(debug_assertions)), windows_subsystem = "windows")]

use windows_sys::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::{HWND_DESKTOP, MB_OK, MessageBoxA};

fn main() {
    unsafe {
        MessageBoxA(
            HWND_DESKTOP,
            b"Hello Windows!\0".as_ptr(),
            b"BassieTest\0".as_ptr(),
            MB_OK,
        );
    }
}

script.sh

cargo binstall cargo-wix -y
# Install https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases
cargo wix init --product-name BassieTest
cargo wix --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
# target/wix contains msi file