Windows Installer - Revision history

Polluks: released

2024-06-11T21:56:29Z

released

Sembiance: Added sample files

2023-12-29T02:37:12Z

Added sample files

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2020-03-17T14:41:28Z

‎Links

Jsummers at 16:20, 10 February 2018

2018-02-10T16:20:54Z

Jsummers: Category:Windows

2017-03-29T17:30:46Z

Category:Windows

Jsummers at 01:38, 21 January 2015

2015-01-21T01:38:36Z

Dan Tobias at 14:36, 14 April 2013

2013-04-14T14:36:15Z

Dan Tobias at 14:35, 14 April 2013

2013-04-14T14:35:01Z

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|msi}}, {{ext|.msp}} }} The '''Windows Installer''' format is adapted from the Cabinet archiving fo..."

2013-04-14T14:32:10Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|msi}}, {{ext|.msp}} }} The '''Windows Installer''' format is adapted from the Cabinet archiving fo..."

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The '''Windows Installer''' format is adapted from the [[Cabinet]] archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. Various versions of Windows come standard with the installer program which recognizes this format and will automatically launch the installer when you click on one, so it has replaced self-extracting .exe files containing archived installers for the installation of many programs.

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Windows Installer|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc185688%28VS.85%29.aspx MSDN page]

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 The '''Windows Installer''' format (informally known as '''MSI''') is an archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. It is based on [[Microsoft Compound File]] format.

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	It is more-or-less the successor to [[Cabinet]] (.cab) format, and some MSI files contain CAB files as part of their payload.		It is more-or-less the successor to [[Cabinet]] (.cab) format, and some MSI files contain CAB files as part of their payload.
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		+	== Sample files ==
		+	* {{DexvertSamples\|archive/microsoftWindowsInstaller}}

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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-The '''Windows Installer''' ('''MSI''') format is adapted from the [[Cabinet]] archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. Various versions of Windows come standard with the installer program which recognizes this format and will automatically launch the installer when you click on one, so it has replaced self-extracting .exe files containing archived installers for the installation of many programs. An archive file of this sort includes the various files that are part of the software package being installed, with metadata about how it should be structured, what registry changes need to be made, and so on.
+The '''Windows Installer''' format (informally known as '''MSI''') is an archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. It is based on [[Microsoft Compound File]] format.
 == Links ==

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+The '''Windows Installer''' ('''MSI''') format is adapted from the [[Cabinet]] archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. Various versions of Windows come standard with the installer program which recognizes this format and will automatically launch the installer when you click on one, so it has replaced self-extracting .exe files containing archived installers for the installation of many programs. An archive file of this sort includes the various files that are part of the software package being installed, with metadata about how it should be structured, what registry changes need to be made, and so on.
 The '''Windows Installer''' format is adapted from the [[Cabinet]] archiving format from Microsoft, used as installation files for Windows software. Various versions of Windows come standard with the installer program which recognizes this format and will automatically launch the installer when you click on one, so it has replaced self-extracting .exe files containing archived installers for the installation of many programs. An archive file of this sort includes the various files that are part of the software package being installed, with metadata about how it should be structured, what registry changes need to be made, and so on.
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 * [[Wikipedia:Windows Installer|Wikipedia article]]
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