Windows : What's the difference between a .msi installer and a .exe installer?
<p>I've been offered this as I tried to install a software (Inkscape; <a href="https://inkscape.org/de/herunterladen/windows-installer/" rel="nofollow">https://inkscape.org/de/herunterladen/windows-installer/</a>) on my Windows 7 machine:</p>

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<p>Now I wonder:</p>

<p>What's the difference between the msi-installer and the exe-installer?</p>

<p>"exe" stands for "executable file"? Isn't every programm an exe-file in Windows OS? So what's the difference?</p>