Captivate 8 to publish as an executable file?

I do not see the option in Captivate 8 to publish as an executable file. Where am I missing it? I had no problem with any previous Captivate.

Hi There,
Please go ahead and update your Captivate 8 to Captivate 8.0.1. .exe feature is now available again on this patch.
Captivate 8.0.1 patch is live,you may download it from here : http://www.adobe.com/support/captivate/downloads.html
Readme for CP 8.0.1 : http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/kb/cp8-patch.html
Regards,
Mayank

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"Unable to open EXE files published from Adobe Captivate 5"
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2010/08/unable-to-open-exe-files-published-from-adobe-cap tivate-5.html
"Patch for Adobe Captivate 5 to resolve Upgrade related issues"
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2010/08/patch-for-adobe-captivate-5-to-resolve-upgrade-re lated-issues.html
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