When this setup package type is downloaded, initially only the Setup Launcher executable is copied to the computer performing the download. All other files necessary to install the product remain on our Internet server. Only when the Setup Launcher is subsequently used to start the installation process, are the files that constitute the actual setup package transmitted to the computer on which the Setup Launcher is running. But, it is also possible to download the remaining file(s) without installing the product. This is achieved by running the Setup Launcher with the Download Command Line Switch ("d") (see Setup Launcher Command Line Switches and Parameters and Using the Setup Launcher for further details). However, in this case, the Setup Launcher will not be of assistance in initiating, securing, and controlling the installation of the product from the thus downloaded setup package.

Setup Launcher executables for web/online setup packages support all command line switches, except the Extract Command Line Switch.

The files that will be installed are integrated into the Setup Launcher executable. The resulting Setup Launcher file is comparable to a self-extracting, .zip, archive file. When you download this setup package type, all files necessary to install the selected product are transferred to the target location in a single, executable file. Once the download has been completed, the files necessary to perform an installation can be extracted and saved to disk in a separate file (or files), by running the Setup Launcher with the Extract Command Line Switch ("-e"). The file (or files) is (or are) extracted automatically, when the Setup Launcher is run without the Extract Command Line Switch. But, in this case, the Setup Launcher will also attempt to install the product that they contain.

Setup Launcher executables for self-extracting setup packages support all command line switches, except the Download Command Line Switch.

All files, including the Setup Launcher, are packed into and have to be downloaded as a bundle. The bundle can take on various forms, two examples of which are a compressed, archive file (e.g. a .zip file) or an ISO disk image file. As with self-extracting setup packages, when dowloading disk setup packages all necessary files are transferred to the target computer in a single file (the aforementioned "bundle"). However, unlike self-extracting setup packages, disk setup packages provide no means to extract the contents from the bundle. Depending on the type of file used for the bundle and the operating system version and edition to which it was downloaded, this may require third party software. Furthermore, when the files are extracted, it is imperative that the entire contents that constitute the disk setup package are extracted. It is also imperative that the folder hierarchy as well as all file and folder names be preserved. Otherwise, it is almost certain, that attempts to install the product, or parts of it, will fail.

Setup Launcher executables for disk setup packages only support the Usage Help, Administrative Install, and Verify Digital Signature command line switches.