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Originally Posted by Speaker
Maybe its more about semantics, my personal preference of knowing what is inside an archive/compressed file, including most self extracting exe files. Something I am used to on other portable programs. Being unable to unpack this using any of my 5 tools including 7zip(capable to extrazt LZMA btw). For fun I also compressed the unpacked folder with 7zip and got it down about 9 more MB. Not that it matters too much. Managed to properly use your exe to install it correctly on most systems using VM. Still you got a point about about it not being the biggest deal in the world as the end product are exe files too. If you prefer having it in an exe go for it, just took me for a loop.
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There are people who install new programs without an antivirus program check, and there are people who don't trust others at all and compile (open-source) programs themselves and then install them. But a program named This-Is-Safe.exe doesn't say anything about whether the program contains malicious code. A customer-respecting software vendor or open source software doesn't want users to get into trouble at all. They realize that "trust comes on foot and goes on horseback." And yes, an installation solution is usually chosen that causes the least problems for most users. Packing is not an end in itself, but merely a means to achieve a specific goal. Achieving the highest compression with a technique that only a few people can use is the wrong means for a specific purpose.
You write about a VM installation, but then you can make a trial installation in an isolated VM so that you can see all installed files.
What do you specifically want to know?