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Set file name? setup.exe vs install.exe vs others

I'm going to create an installer to deploy my application, which is a Windows executable (not an MSI file). I am using NSIS. This app is for French people, and the word "install" is close to "install" in French.

Is there a filename convention? What's the best choice for you?

It seems that "setup.exe" is the most popular name comparable to "install.exe"

What do you think?

Thanks for your reply.

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setup.exe

is by far the most popular convention in the Windows world. I would say go with it.



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Sometimes setup.exe is used to install, repair, and uninstall an application. I think there is no good answer to this question. I prefer names like application_installer

or application_setup

. Even one organization has Firefox Setup 3.5.6.exe

and sunbird-0.3.pl.win32.installer.exe

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I never thought about it ... but doing just that - setting is really the wrong word and setting is, I suppose, the right term.

You are installing the software, so I would go with the installation ... the installation assumes that it is already installed (unless you change the settings during installation) - somehow you are still installing something.

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