It seems that the installation runs if I just run the .msi file but from the 
internet instructions it says I need to have both files at the target machine 
and run the setup.exe file.  Would it be a problem if I just run the .msi 
file?
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Thanks.

Also, I would select the install drive to be F:, and when I check the Disk 
Cost, it would show C: drive requires 404M and F drive requires only 14M?  I 
would think the 404M would go on F drive instead.
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Thanks.


"Pucca" wrote:


> It seems that the installation runs if I just run the .msi file but from the 
> internet instructions it says I need to have both files at the target machine 
> and run the setup.exe file.  Would it be a problem if I just run the .msi 
> file?
> -- 
> Thanks.

> It seems that the installation runs if I just run the .msi file but from 
> the
> internet instructions it says I need to have both files at the target 
> machine
> and run the setup.exe file.  Would it be a problem if I just run the .msi
> file?


I'm not sure which installation you're referring to but I doubt there will 
be any significant difference in practice. Unfortunately, you don't know for 
sure unless MSFT provides some documentation that clarifies the issue (for 
your particular installation). Normally "setup.exe" is just a thin wrapper 
that launches the ".msi" file anyway. There's usually a little housekeeping 
that's handled by "setup.exe" but it's frequently immaterial. I'd say 
there's a good chance you're safe but only MSFT knows for sure. Rather than 
take the chance however (which I wouldn't unless there was a very good 
reason), why can't you just rely on "setup.exe" itself.

BTW, I'm not sure what this has to do with C#. If it's for a VS installation 
then you should post it in a more appropriate NG.