Redistributable package for installing the Windows Installer on Windows operating systems earlier than Windows Me. Populates the MsiDigitalSignature table and MsiDigitalCertificate table with the digital signature information belonging to external cabinet files in the Media table. Populates the File table with file versions, languages, and sizes based upon a source directory.
It can also update the MsiFileHash table with file hashes. Edits or displays summary information stream. Patch creation tool. Install Shield, Wise Installer and other tools, well-known as installation editors, today allow to create installations not only in EXE, but also in MSI format as well. These tools provides you with ability to create MSI from scratch on the low level by manipulating MSI entries, so in order to use them you at least need to know and understand fundamentals of MSI format.
If none of above works for you because of the process complexity, you can try to use an automatic approach to create MSI packages. This approach is based on monitoring of system activity and capturing changes to create MSI.
In this case you have to make changes to be tracked and you will get MSI package that performs these changes. You only need to start monitoring, perform changes and then stop monitoring to get MSI package ready for deployment. You can see how it works by watching the video below. Patches installed with Windows Installer 3. The installer can be used to read, edit, and replace source lists for network, URL, and media sources.
Administrators can enumerate across user and install contexts, and manage source lists from an external process. Windows Installer 4. If all the packages in the transaction cannot be installed successfully, or if the user cancels the installation, the Windows Installer can roll back changes and restore the computer to its original state.
The installer ensures that all the packages belonging to a multiple-package transaction are installed or none of the packages are installed. Beginning with Windows Installer 5. The package can specify a security descriptor that denies permissions, specifies inheritance of permissions from a parent resource, or specifies the permissions of a new account.
For information, see Securing Resources. The Windows Installer 5. For more information, see Enumerating Components. Setup developers can use Windows Installer 5. Windows Installer enables the efficient installation and configuration of your products and applications running on Windows.
The installer provides new capabilities to advertise features without installing them, to install products on demand, and to add user customizations. Windows Installer 5. A Windows Installer package, patch, or transform that has not been signed by Microsoft cannot be installed on Windows RT. The Template Summary property indicates the platform that is compatible with an installation database and in this case should include the value for Windows RT.
This documentation is intended for software developers who want to make applications that use Windows Installer.
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