It would appear that MSI files have a major overhead compared with other installers (non-MSI) I have used.
To me there are two issues:
* There is a large amount of overhead (even at 177KB)
* Surely Microsoft designed the MSI files to be efficient (ie tables compressed etc). If not, have they never heard of the internet and bandwidth?
The MSI was created from scratch through Wise Installer OLE automation so there will be no accumulated overheads (things left behind etc).
Anyone know where an MSI can be pruned or how they can be optimised?
Thanks for any help,
Dennis