Re: Why is my MSI file so big after I compile the setup project?
From: clintonG (csgallagher_at_REMOVETHISTEXT@metromilwaukee.com)
Date: 05/21/04
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Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:36:29 -0500
Are you sure you are compiling in release mode and not debug mode?
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" Bob" <bobatkpmg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a setup project that packages a class library assembly of about
30k.
> It installs this DLL to the GAC and a directory. The installer has
Welcome,
> Confirm, Progress, and Finished pages, so it's very simple. However,
when
> compiled, the output MSI file is more than 300k. I don't know if this
is
> normal but an installer 10 times bigger than the actual payload seems
pretty
> inefficient. I excluded all the items in the "Detected Dependencies"
folder
> in the setup project but it's still as big. Anything I can do to
reduce the
> MSI size?
>
>
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