Is SetUp.exe unique to the deployment package?
Someone asked me this today after a file move failed and I was not sure what to tell them.
When you create a .NET deployment package, you get setup.exe and .msi files. I know the .msi file is required ... but is it unique to setup.exe? Sense, is it possible to just move the .msi file and be fine, or do we need to keep these two together?
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Setup.exe contains a .NET loader that will check for the .NET framework on your target machine. It is also used by Windows Vista / 7 to provide administrator rights during installation. If you're in an environment that you already know already has the .NET framework, or you don't need automatic UAC activation, you can probably skip the .exe file.
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