Deploying windows exe requires installer?

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1

I had thought the Unity Windows extension would build a self-contained exe but it appears that deploying a windows .exe requires an auxiliary folder as well?

I renamed an exe and I get the error that the corresponding folder must exist as well.

Does this mean an installer is required?

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Well, depends on what you mean by “required”. You can of course deliver the exe and the folder in a zip file and have the user unzip to play. That’s kinda like an installer, but is not what you mean probably.