Visual Studio Setup

Installation and containerization of the Visual Studio family of products

A patch may take as long or longer to install than the target product

Often I’m asked why installing a Windows Installer patch (MSP) takes as long or longer to install than the target product (MSI). While this isn’t always the case for every patch, it’s certainly possible for a number of reasons. It may also come as a surprise that the size of the patch can have little to do with the time to ...