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Fat EXE or setup program

Poll: Do you prefer a bundled (a.k.a fat) EXE or an installer? (18 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you prefer a bundled (a.k.a fat) EXE or an installer?

  1. Fat EXE (10 votes [55.56%])

    Percentage of vote: 55.56%

  2. Installer (8 votes [44.44%])

    Percentage of vote: 44.44%

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#1 User is offline   Datalore 

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 04:51 PM

I go both ways on this one. I like fat exe's for small little utility programs, the kinds I can just throw in the system32 folder and call via command prompt whenever necessary. But for full-fledge programs like Photoshop, I like installers. Whats your preference?

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#2 User is offline   Jono 

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 05:09 PM

i would agree with you, the smaller utilitys should be 'fat exe's' and larger programs as installers

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 05:25 PM

Jono, on Apr 8 2004, 05:09 PM, said:

i would agree with you, the smaller utilitys should be 'fat exe's' and larger programs as installers

Yep! I agree!

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 03:13 AM

fat exe for me.. some installers even have the balls to get the installed files from the net to install.. rather one file downloaded so u dont need to be on the net all the time (56k person here :P)

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Posted 02 October 2008 - 02:59 AM

I like EXE's that you download and they just run...

They dont screw up the registry (Are less likely to add entries) and they are much better!

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Posted 01 March 2009 - 02:01 AM

Fat-exe for small utility

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Post icon  Posted 01 July 2009 - 11:17 PM

installer is the best way to make better for us


.exe also better but it not awesome like this



i hate .msi completely

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 11:18 PM

.exe & installer are easy to create through the VB & edit through the restorator

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