The MSI file format used by Windows Installer (MSI) is used specifically for installation – this differs from the EXE format sometimes used to run installers, which are simple executable files that ...

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Installing applications sucks. Loading up the download page, waiting for the download, clicking through pointless "next" buttons. Now repeat the process 20 times if you’re starting from a clean ...

Most Windows users don’t pay much attention to how desktop programs are installed on their system. For years we’ve been trained to seek out a website, download an EXE or MSI file, and then click, ...

Whether you use Windows or macOS (or both), there's certainly no shortage of top-quality software programs out there for you to install and make use of—and we've covered a lot of them. However, in ...

Every time a new Linux distribution version comes out, I install it. I just want to see how much it improved. This most recent time (Slackware 9.1) I was so impressed with Gnome 2.4, that I really ...

They’re called PUPs—Potentially Unwanted Programs—and they sneak onto your system as accessories to the program you actually intend to install. They’re annoying, and they can result in slower ...

Installing programs on Windows has been the same repetitive process of finding the official website, downloading an installer, running it, installing the program, and then clearing up all the junk. It ...