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Make Rocbkbox Utility available as .exe not as .zip

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tomers:
rbutilqt-v1.0.6.zip    3.13 MB (3,288,494 bytes)
rbutilqt.exe             3.17 MB (3,331,072 bytes)

Diff:                       41.6 KB (42578 bytes)

There is no reason to have the utility be downloaded as an archive file.
Having to extract a compressed archive with just a single file is just another burden for the user, and can be considered as an annoyance.

It is better if users will be able to click the link on Rockbox's web site, then choose 'Open', and just run the utility.

bluebrother:
There is a reason why to provide Rockbox Utility as a zip file, even if it's not obvious to you: zip automatically calculates a checksum of the files. If your download is corrupted there is a bigger chance to detect this before running the program.

Besides, we had the translation files in the zip archive in previous versions (now they are bundled in the resources of the binary), and that time an archive was needed.

tomers:
> zip automatically calculates a checksum of the files

That's a good reason for doing so.
Maybe we can have is in an NSIS executable, which also calculates checksum? It doesn't require the user to handle zip file extraction, as it is a sort of 'self-extracting archive'.

Also (this is a discussion which should be in a separate thread) we can create a full-blown installer, which puts the utility in a proper locatation (%PROGRAMFILES%) and can create Start Menu shortcuts, etc.

I guess this was already thought of, and I would appreciate if you could give me an insight about it.

Thanks

Chronon:
I don't think we should assume about the "proper" location for the program.  For instance, I would find it troublesome to find it installed at some default "Program Files" directory if I intend to keep it on my player (a logical place for it, IMO).

GodEater:
Also I'd just like to point out that while that difference may seem insignificant to you, the user, since you're only downloading it once - it makes a crap load of difference to our server and our bandwidth usage - it all adds up!

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