I downloaded the installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1 ("AcroReader51_ENU_full.exe" - a 13 MB file) and used it to install the program.

When I control-click on the installer file (the .exe file that I downloaded) and choose "Properties," I see 7 info tabs:

General
Digital Signatures
Program
Font
Memory
Screen
Misc

However, if I MOVE or COPY that installer to another location (such as another partition), then the info tabs change. When I control-click on the .exe that's in the new location, the 7 info tabs are replaced with only 3 info tabs:

General
Version (shows Description as "PackageForTheWeb Stub" ver 2.02)
Digital Signatures

I even re-downloaded the same 13 MB installer file directly to this new location and then checked the Properties . Again, the properties only show 3 info. tabs instead of 7.

Can anyone explain why this is? Are the additional info tabs generated only when an installer (.exe file) is actually run?

I'd be interested to know if anyone out there who archives his or her installer programs to another location or to other media (such as CD-R) notices the same properties behavior (i.e., only 3 info tabs instead of 7).