Donation Edition - Why two different installers?

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Radish

When I go the download page to download a new version of FFS Donation Edition for Windows I am offered two different downloads:

(1) Download FreeFileSync 10.17 [Donation Edition] Windows Setup
(2) Download FreeFileSync 10.17 [Donation Edition] Windows Portable (ZIP)

I don't understand this. If I run the Windows Setup as part of the install routine I get offered to install as a portable. So why is there a separate file offered for download as a portable? Is there any difference between the portable 'installations' that get produced by these two separate download files?
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Zenju

This is mostly because the second version doesn't require admin rights, but also because portable-mode users expect to be able to extract an archive rather than have to click through an installer.
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Radish

Thanks for the response, Zenju. Still not clear on the question if the 'portable' produced by both installers is the exact same? Could you clarify please?
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Zenju

Yes, they're the same.