Component Type: Windows Installer File (*.msi)

Resource type used to represent Silent MSI files.

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Exported/Internal File Format

MSI files are stored as a file in their native format.

M-I Difference

M-I Differencing is not supported for Windows Installer files. Snapshots will not be taking during installation resulting in nothing to diff during the M-I diff. Since ROX does not have first-hand knowledge of the actions taken during the installer run it is not feasible to determine what needs to be captured.

Installation

The windows installer service is called on the msi file to import it into the target system with the following command:

misexec /qn /i <file path>   

Un-Install

The windows installer service uninstalls is called on the msi file used during installation to uninstall the package using the following command:

msiexec /qn /x <file path>   

After msiexec is called the msi file is removed.

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