What's New in Windows Installer on Windows 8

Here's a quick summary what's new in the MSI engine that comes with Windows 8.

What's new in MSI 5 on Windows 8

According to the documentation:

  • nothing

My own findings so far:

  • Windows Installer runtime version - as indicated by the file version of msi.dll - is 5.0.9200.16384
  • VersionNT = 602 (so similar to Windows 7 Microsoft didn't increment the major version for application compatibility reasons)
  • WindowsBuild = 9200

According to Darwin Sanoy, Windows Installer also processes Appx Packages when installing Windows Store Apps.

Published Sun, Sep 23 2012 20:40 by stefan
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# re: What's New in Windows Installer on Windows 8

While not technically "Windows Installer", Win8 supports new shell properties for shortcuts that can be specified in the MsiShortcutProperty table: "System.AppUserModel.StartPinOption". Setting the property to "1" prevents the shortcut from being displayed on the main (default) Windows 8 Start page.

Monday, September 24, 2012 10:35 AM by Colby Ringeisen