Why can’t all programs be standalone .exe ?

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Why do we have to install programs to programfiles and have some leave behind empty folders when uninstalled? Like why cant we just have the standalone .exe thats saved on the desktop? It would be much easier to remove as you just need to delete the icon right?

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Because then you’d have an absolutely _massive_ file, which might be _slightly_ more convenient for you, but would make managing the project — for the programmer or _team_ of programmers — a hell of a lot _less_ convenient. Imagine every tiny change to a tiny library requiring you to rebuild the entire project, not being able to try different versions of icons, different colour schemes, etc.

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