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Fri, May 15 2009 7:50

Sample package from DesktopEngineer.com helps you becoming familiar with new MSI 4 and MSI 5 features

Darwin Sanoy of DesktopEngineer.com has published a MSI sample package with a step-by-step self learning guide that leads you through testing new features in Windows Installer versions 4 and 5. Topics covered include: signed and unsigned UAC prompts,...
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Fri, Feb 20 2009 12:43

Preparing for MVP Summit – Your Questions for the MSI Team?

It’s MVP Summit time again! Next week I’ll be travelling to Seattle and Redmond to attend the MVP Global Summit , an event where Microsoft invites MVPs from around the world to hear about the latest technologies, meet the product teams, network...
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Fri, Jan 30 2009 15:19

Chaining MSI Packages with MSI 4.5 White Paper

David Cole, Senior Software Engineer and Install Architect at IBM, has written a white paper called “Using Chained .MSI Packages to Componentize Your Windows Installer Setup”. The white paper is available from Acresso Software, the makers of InstallShield...
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Wed, Jan 28 2009 14:33

Buch Inside Windows Installer 4.5 (GERMAN)

Inside Windows Installer 4.5 ist das neue Buch von Andreas Kerl. (This book is only available in German language, therefore I'm writing this review in German) Andreas Kerl ist als Autor zum Thema Windows Installer bekannt. Neben einigen Artikeln in...
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Mon, Dec 8 2008 13:29

Hotfix for MSI 4.5

Microsoft release a hotfix for MSI 4.5. It addressed a problem where installing multiple msi packages in a row could result in error message "API call rejected - No actions in Context". It's caused by the Windows Installer engine starting...
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Sat, Jun 21 2008 10:52

Service Pack 1 for InstallShield 2009 available [Update]

Only two weeks after the inital release of InstallShield 2009 Acresso published a service pack. The main purpose of SP1 is to add support for the release version of Windows Installer 4.5. The inital release only supported MSI 4.5 Beta 2. SP1 also fixes...
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Wed, Jun 4 2008 0:02

MSI 4.5 Released

[updated 2008-06-04 with additional links] Today TechEd North America started, and many companies use TechEd to announce new products and releases. So here's the first announcement that caught my attention: Windows Installer 4.5 has been released...
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Mon, Mar 10 2008 14:52

MSI 4.5 Beta Chat, and change in the MSI team

On April 3, 2008 there will be a chat with the MSI team at Microsoft about MSI 4.5 beta. The chat is public (not limited to beta testers) and will start at 10 a.m. PDT, which is equivalent to 17:00 UTC. additional time zones add to calendar enter chat...
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Thu, Sep 20 2007 9:40

MSI 4.5 documentation available publicly

As announced in the Windows Installer Team Blog , the documentation for Windows Installer 4.5 (beta) is now avilable on MSDN, without need for registering on Microsoft Connect and accepting any NDAs. What's new in Windows Installer 4.5 Information...
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Fri, Aug 31 2007 21:15

Problems with compiled HTML Help (.chm) files

When the beta of Windows Installer 4.5 became available , first thing I did was downloading the white papers and the SDK documentation, which comes as compiled HTLM Help file msi.chm. But when I launched the help file it didn't work. When I double...
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Wed, Aug 29 2007 12:58

Prepare for MSI 4.5

The first public beta version of the Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 runtime, SDK and documentation has just been posted by Microsoft. It's mainly targeted at tools vendors so they can update their authoring and packaging tools to support the new version...
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Mon, Jun 25 2007 9:36

News about Windows Installer 4.1 and 4.5

Microsoft is working on two new versions of Windows Installer (MSI): Windows Installer 4.1 MSI 4.1 will be available in Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. According to the Windows Installer SDK this version will not add any new features. Windows...
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