Can I create a single file SETUP.EXE from deployment project

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    Can I create a single file SETUP.EXE from deployment project

    Hi,

    Using VS.NET 2003, I would like to deploy my project as a single-file exe.

    What I actually get is three files:

    Setup.exe
    Setup.ini
    MyProg.msi

    To deploy these as a single file I've zipped them into a self-extracting
    zip, but the user still has to find and run setup.exe - very clunky.


    Can a single file solution be achieved directly from VS.NET?

    Regards,

    Vince


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    • Jon Skeet [C# MVP]
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      Re: Can I create a single file SETUP.EXE from deployment project

      Connected <someone@micros oft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
      > Using VS.NET 2003, I would like to deploy my project as a single-file exe.
      >
      > What I actually get is three files:
      >
      > Setup.exe
      > Setup.ini
      > MyProg.msi
      >
      > To deploy these as a single file I've zipped them into a self-extracting
      > zip, but the user still has to find and run setup.exe - very clunky.
      >
      >
      > Can a single file solution be achieved directly from VS.NET?[/color]

      The MSI file really *is* a single file solution - but only if your
      users already have MS Installer 2.0 installed. The exe and ini files
      are really just provided to make it easier for people without MSI2 to
      get it installed.

      --
      Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>
      Pobox is now part of Fastmail
      http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
      Pobox has been discontinued as a separate service, and all existing customers moved to the Fastmail platform.

      If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

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        • Jon Skeet [C# MVP]
          #3
          Re: Can I create a single file SETUP.EXE from deployment project

          Connected <someone@micros oft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
          > Using VS.NET 2003, I would like to deploy my project as a single-file exe.
          >
          > What I actually get is three files:
          >
          > Setup.exe
          > Setup.ini
          > MyProg.msi
          >
          > To deploy these as a single file I've zipped them into a self-extracting
          > zip, but the user still has to find and run setup.exe - very clunky.
          >
          >
          > Can a single file solution be achieved directly from VS.NET?[/color]

          The MSI file really *is* a single file solution - but only if your
          users already have MS Installer 2.0 installed. The exe and ini files
          are really just provided to make it easier for people without MSI2 to
          get it installed.

          --
          Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>
          Pobox is now part of Fastmail
          http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
          Pobox has been discontinued as a separate service, and all existing customers moved to the Fastmail platform.

          If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

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