.msi setup installation file and setup.exe

barry · Post by **barry** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:40 am

Hello!
What's the difference between the .msi setup installation file and the .exe
setup file for my project? Both were building to the same thing. Can you give the diffreneces in detail.

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:46 am

The MSI is your Windows Installer setup database that contains all your setup information, which carries out the actual installation on the machine. The EXE is your bootstrapper which performs tasks like installing application runtimes, handling 7zip compression, partial web deployment, and so on. Both are required for your setup.

barry · Post by **barry** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:19 am

Thanks a lot.