I can't figure out what the difference is between the 7z.sfx file available with 7zip and the downloadable 7zsd.sfx from the developer's site, which is not bundled with 7zip. The 7z.sfx appears not...

The Ruby Devkit is a 7-zip based self-extracting archive. I would like to invoke it silently without having to install 7-Zip to extract the files to a folder of my choosing, so that I can script t...

If this is not the correct place to ask this, I apologize. I use 7zip to create an installer package. Recently, my computer was updated, and I can no longer get it to work. I use a Windows Install...

I am looking for a tool that will allow me to create a self extracting executable file which can take arguments. The arguments will later be passed on to the batch file that is residing within the ...

I know how to create a executable .jar file. There are many examples of that on the internet. What I am wondering, is if anyone knows of a way that a executable .jar file can auto extract out parts...

I want to extract a exe file. The exe file contain some files and folders. When I try to extract the file using winrar it gets extracted but when I am trying to extract the exe file using some exam...

I've seen executables that extract themselves and run a compressed setup.exe afterwards: a double click on the file uncompresses it and then runs the formerly compressed setup.exe. How can I...

I'm interested in knowing how WiX is bundling the EXE files created with Burn. I know that creating a self-extracting EXE file is pretty straightforward, having done it a million times in WinRAR. W...

i have two files, an EXE an DLL the exe is a build of a vb.net application and i need the DLL in there too what i want is a self extractor that will put these files together, then when run it wil...

According to the answers to this question, I cannot embed a file version in my .msi file. The installer that I give the client needs to have a file version. So, what I want to do is creat...