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Embedding an exe in a program [Answered]
Tthinker22711/7/2022
I know this sounds super sus, but I wanna write an installer for a CLI tool which just copies an executable to a specified directory and then adds that directory to the user's PATH. My question is mainly how I should embed the executable. I know embedded resources exist and how to use them, although would that be the best option to do this?
Ccanton711/7/2022
I'd go with an embedded resource -- there aren't really many options here
Tthinker22711/7/2022
fair
Tthinker22711/7/2022
Was just wondering if there was anything else
DD.Mentia11/7/2022
In my experience, antiviruses get very upset when you embed executables; if you have problems with that, it might be best to just have the user extract a zip containing the installer and executable
(The 'install' could then be done via batch file to further keep antivirus off your back)
(The 'install' could then be done via batch file to further keep antivirus off your back)
Ccanton711/7/2022
7-zip has a lot of stuff to create customised self-extracting archives (SFX). I think that might include env vars? The docs are all pretty old, but https://sourceforge.net/projects/s-zipsfxbuilder/ has a "SetEnvironment" tab...
AAccord11/8/2022
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