One feature I’d love to see removed from all versions of VS is the ability to
name a setup package “setup.exe” or “setup.msi”. For the most part, the
developer community is really good at naming installers intelligently. The
problem really stems from Microsoft. It does not take too many powertoys,
fonts, add-ins, etc. before one accumulates a large number of “setup.exe”
files. Or worse yet, a new one overwrites an old one you may still
need.
Maybe it’s not an entirely VS thing. It was the Consolas font pack that
started this rant today, and that may have been another installer.
Regardless, this is a general plea–when you create an installer, please use a
name that identifies what is going to be installed. Thanks in
advance.