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At one point I had a nice little compression utility that smashed my Delphi compiled EXE’s to a smaller download size, but now I can’t find it. Any recommendations?
Also, are there any downsides to using these kinds of utilities? (I mainly use them to shorten download times for rural / dial-up users).
Related question: Are there any downsides to using UPX to compress a Windows executable?
Years ago I looked into compressing my executable to make the download smaller.
What I ended up doing, and what I recommend for you, is to use an installer program like Inno Setup instead. Not only does it create a single EXE that will install/uninstall your program, but it also compresses that EXE practically as much as a separate compressor would do to your executable alone.
When the program is installed it gets decompressed, so it never appears to be a virus and does not increase load times.
So I get the benefits of smaller download size, and a professional-looking installation script at the same time.
p.s. Inno Setup is free.