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In my experience, the exe.. typically Setup.exe, is for attended installation, whereas the setup.msi is packaged to deploy an unattended installation (silently) via group policy or scipting.
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In my experience, the exe.. typically Setup.exe, is for attended installation, whereas the setup.msi is packaged to deploy an unattended installation (silently) via group policy or scipting.

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Hi,<br />
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Why thre is an msi AND an exe in some software packages?<br />
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J.
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Hi,

Why thre is an msi AND an exe in some software packages?

J.

Why thre is an msi AND an exe in some software packages?

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