Question About Deployment

[DebbieC]

After building a solution for deployment I have two files that I am not sure
of what they do or if I need to include them on my installation CD. I have
the following files....

myProgram.msi
setup.exe
setup.ini

and the two files I am not sure about is....

InstMsiA.exe
InstMsiW.exe

What are these for and should I include them on my CD?

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [MVP]]

They are used by the Windows Installer Bootstrapper, that is, the portion of
the setup that installs the Windows Installer if not present, which in turn
is required to install the app. If you are sure that ALL your clients have
the Windows Installer already in their machines, you can skip it: Project
Properties, Build node, Bootstrapper combobox, change from "Windows
Installer Bootstrapper" to "None".

 

[DebbieC]

Thank you Carlos. I appreciate your quick response. I have learned from the
past that nothing is for sure when it comes to client machines so I will
leave these files right where they are..

Regards,
Debbie