Question: A couple of months ago Ubuntu had an ubuntu.exe file inside the ISO, so I was able to run Ubuntu in my Windows by clicking ubuntu.exe after installing it with wubi.exe. Now in Ubuntu 16.04 it seems ubuntu.exe is not there anymore. My computer failed to install Ubuntu 16.04 even though I followed the steps from Ubuntu on how to create a bootable USB.

Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 in Windows have an ubuntu.exe file like in older versions of Ubuntu?

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1. Wubi is **no longer supported** and was only meant to be used for testing, not for permanent use.
2. At this time, Wubi does not work with the Windows 8 or Windows 10 default bootloader. Thus at this point Wubi would **not work on a new Windows 8/10** machine. An alternative way of installing Ubuntu in Windows 10 is with [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2](https://askubuntu.com/a/1247443/) which features a true Linux kernel. You would be able to install, but not reboot into Ubuntu.[Wubi Guide](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide)

[![Linux GUI app support on WSL](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YuPcA.png "Ubuntu running with WSL2 in Windows 10")](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YuPcA.png "Ubuntu running with WSL2 in Windows 10")
3. An important reason for including Wubi in the Ubuntu installation media has disappeared. Now that most computers have ample disk space, it is not so important to give Windows users a way of installing Ubuntu within the existing Windows partition without making an extra partition.
4. The default repositories in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu have an alternate package for testing the Ubuntu iso called Test Drive. However Test Drive only runs from Ubuntu and runs the test iso in a virtual machine.
I believe this was the wubi method which is no longer recommended. This method has been "not recommended" for quite some time even though it has still been available.

You should seriously consider posting a question about the failed install and provide specifics about the fail.