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IMO a PE executable can’t run on all platforms.
I’m guessing that the installer packs executables for various CPU architectures, and chooses the right one after some detecting work.
But is this how major companies like MS releases their products?
Microsoft only releases for two desktop CPU’s, x86 and x86-64. They generally use separate executables for each. For example, vcredist_x86.exe (x86) and vcredist_x64.exe (x86-64).
However, they do use combined installers in some cases, such as dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe.