[Pxtl]

I mean they're still using Inno Setup which was pretty cool in 2004.

[pjmlp]

Unfortunately plenty of folks still didn't got the memo MSI and MSIX exist.

[indrora]

Unfortunately, WiX is still a pain in the ass to use and there's a lot of simple tooling that makes NSIS/InnoSetup/etc shockingly easy to use while the same MSI experience is garbage.

msix is just a different beast entirely too.

[pjmlp]

What about using the Visual Studio packaging tools?

I live on .NET/C++ universe in regards to Windows development, so it might be it isn't as nice for not blessed stacks.

[Pxtl]

Didn't they discontinue those around VS 2015 or so? Its been a while since I tried. Iirc that's what got replaced with WiX and ClickOnce, both of which are 100X more complicated to use.

[pjmlp]

Nope, it is the other way around, MSI became the official replacement for exe installers, and MSIX is the evolution of APPX from UWP/Windows Store and the "best practices" format going forward.

By VS packaging tools I mean tbe application project type that generates a MSIX as build outcome.

[mook]

For some reason, that holds an appxbundle per the article. I'd suspect they needed to run some pre- or post-install code (maybe to check for their hardware?).

[XorNot]

I mean I still build windows installers with NSIS which has somehow just-worked for decades.