Maximum compression of a MSI install using WIX
- by MX4399
I used to build installs for an app with NSIS and the final self extractor was 1.2 MB. Now I need to use WIX due to operational needs and the same install comes out at 4.2 MB. I set the compressed flags as the docs and specs indicated on the package node. Using 7z to zip the MSI results in a 2.4 MB zip file.
Question: How can I do a maximum compress on the MSI or create a small MSI (e.g. remove unneeded resources etc) ?
Note - size is uber important and I have to use MSI/WIX now - this is a show stopper!