Hi,

I know that this is a little of topic and should not be posted in a solidworks forum but maybe somebody can still help me.

Why does Visual Studio create an exe and an MSI file ?

Usually when I download a program it gives me just an exe. That is how I would like my program to be as well.

I have played with them a little bit, if I install using the exe then the msi file has to be in the same folder as the exe other wise it will not run.

The msi can run by its self but I think if you have to do some checking to make sure certain programs are installed before yours installs the msi does not do that.

Do I have to combine these 2 or how does everybody else go about releasing software ?

Thanks