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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by salmo on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:50AM (#29530053)
I don't know if it's the case anymore, but that's been the state of windows installers for a long time. Usually the easy-to-download one was tiny and just phoned home for the real bits. And that wasn't just Microsoft's own stuff, but even things like Java and whatever.

Usually you had to dig a bit and could find an "offline installer". Sometimes an "alternate downloads" link is on the initial download page, sometimes you have to good to find a deeper link on the vendor's site.

I always did that just to keep from needlessly reaching out to the internet X times when updating X machines.

And of course, make sure you're getting it from the vendor and not some sketchy download site.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by clavicat on Sunday December 12, 2021 @11:37AM (#29531016)
The worst example I know of is Microsoft Office. When I run their installer/downloader, it installs the 32-bit version on my 64-bit machine—it doesn’t let you choose and by the time you realize, you’ve already wasted all that time and bandwith. I had to go to some janky website that hosts the links to the official ISOs and download that instead.
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