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is it possible to make Visual Studio 2010 installer output file name, containing exe version, something like "setup[MajorExeVersion][MinorExeVersion].msi"?
Thanks!
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The main difference between the two extensions is their purpose. EXE is used mainly to indicate that the file is an executable one. In comparison, MSI indicates that the file is a Windows installer. While an MSI is used only with installers, this is not the case with EXE.
An MSI is a Windows Installer database. Windows Installer (a service installed with Windows) uses this to install software on your system (i.e. copy files, set registry values, etc...). A setup.exe may either be a bootstrapper or a non-msi installer.
The MSI file extension is used to install software on Windows operating systems. It can be used to install, uninstall, configure, and update programs on the computer. Vendors can offer their software packages in both . msi and .exe format, and you will most likely see both options on software download pages.
As far as I know there is no easy way to do so.
In principle you could write a simple application which checks for the version of the exe and renames your MSI as part of a post-built step. However, the name of the MSI is baked into the setup.exe bootstrapper, so you would also have to patch that in case that you need to install any pre-requisites.
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