Running setup.exe helps satisfy Windows User Account Control (UAC) prompts, ensuring the installer has necessary permissions to copy files to Program Files or write to the system registry.
It checks if dependencies are installed. Setup.exe
A small file that downloads required components from a remote server during the installation process (e.g., the Visual Studio Installer ). 3. Key Stages of the Installation Process Running setup
Compressed files are decompressed and copied to the target directory. Setup.exe
While modern installers often utilize the Microsoft Installer ( .msi ) format, a setup.exe is still used to handle tasks that an .msi file cannot easily perform on its own: