title: Delphi XE3 EXE file size 25 times larger than Dephi 7
body: <p>As a test I decided to create a simple "Hello world" app in Delphi using Delphi 4, 5, 6, 7, 2005, 2010 and XE3.  The app is nothing more than a TForm, a TButton with an OnClick event that calls ShowMessage('Hello world').</p>
  
  <p>Below are the results of each final EXE with debugging turned off:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/T3vfM.png" alt="File sizes of EXEs"></p>
  
  <p>Can someone explain why the XE3 version is 26 times larger than the average of the previous versions of Delphi?</p>
  
  <p>Here are my project settings for XE3:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TeHYa.png" alt="Settings 1"></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y47Lj.png" alt="Settings 2"></p>