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Windows Installer (which was previously named Microsoft Installer) is a component of modern Microsoft Windows systems used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. It is a competitor to other, 3rd party installation software, such as Install Shield.

Windows Installer (which was previously named Microsoft Installer) is a component of modern Microsoft Windows systems used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. It is a competitor to other, 3rd party installation software, such as Install Shield.

It has currently gone through 5 major versions, with version 1.0 being available as a part of Office 2000, and version 5 being included in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Wikipedia has a table with a complete list of Windows Installer versions, the products they were first available on, and the products those versions are also available for.

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How do I uninstall an ActiveX control via Powershell

I have to constantly switch back and forth between two installations of a web app with two different versions of an ActiveX control. Therefore I'd like to script the ability to uninstall this control. Its does not show up in Win32_Product because it…
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App MSI install hangs up on newly imaged PCs (Win10)

I'm working on an issue that got kicked up to me from Tier 1. I have a proprietary app that's built into an MSI for deployment with a VBscript. I didn't do the build and I don't have access to the source files. On PCs that have been online for a…
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Where can I download PostgreSQL 8.0 Windows binary files?

I need the PostgreSQL 8.0 binaries for me to recover the data from a crashed server, which has no backup whatsoever. I've looked at the official website link for downloads http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.0.22/, but I couldn't find the binary…
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How to remove unnecessary Installer files from Microsoft Office Installer?

I am trying to deploy Microsoft InfoPath 2013 using SCCM. InfoPath was only ever included in the MSOffice 2013 installer, not as a standalone. (I think there is a 365 standalone now days, but we don't use 365). Since I don't need the entire…
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how to Install java run-time /jre on a custom path using a Batch script?

Im trying to create a bat file to make an unattended installation with sccm. I downloaded jre-7u55-windows-i586.exe from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html (jre-7u55-windows-i586 is…
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Windows Installer Error 1721 on uninstall

I'm trying to uninstall a program from Windows Server 2012, but when I do, it tells me: Error 1721: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support…
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Why does Windows Installer check the volume information of a shared drive when installing a file within the shared drive?

I'm running into an issue where one of my users is having trouble installing a Windows Installer file. The file is located on a shared drive that the user doesn't have complete access to, but the user does have access to the file itself. When the…
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Disable all installers, but still be able to install via intune

So, here's my conundrum. I have about 500 pc's out in the field that aren't on a domain (yep, I know. I didn't set up the network) and I'm trying to manage them via InTune. These computers are all horribly out of date (the old SA turned off…
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Not enough storage space is available

I have just re-installed a Windows Server 2008 Machine and am trying to get it into production, shipped with SQL Server 2008; the problem is, that it requires an application called: Windows Installer recommended is 4.5 or higher, I have went to the…
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What is the preferred way to distribute a small update to software?

If a product simply requires a replacement of the .EXE file, what would be the expected way to deliver this update to multiple workstations in a large enterprise? Is an .MSP file preferred? Or should a new .MSI file be provided and it simply be…
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Installing Windows XP instead of Ubuntu

I am trying to install Windows XP on a machine which at present has Ubuntu. I want the installer to format the disk and remove Ubuntu. The Windows installer starts, but when it gets to the screen where one should be able to request formatting of the…
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Java JRE corrupted after updating web application stack using a custom built MSI

We have an Java web application that is installed on a Windows environment. We use Advanced Installer, a commercial product, to build the MSI. The installer installs Tomcat 7, Apache 2.0 and deploys our application code. During an upgrade the…
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How does Windows Setup locate Windows installations?

How does Windows Setup locate Windows installations? For Windows 2003 and earlier, this was done using boot.ini. How is this done on newer Windows OSes that don't use boot.ini?
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Can't install Virtual Machine Additions

I've got a virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 (client) on a Windows Server 2003 (host). I'm running Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP 1. I can not install Virtual Machine Additions on the client. I've tried running via the ISO as well as…
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Elevating Windows installer in Vista

Vista requires elevated rights for installers which install drivers or other system items. Pointsec has one of these installers with the problem that the installer itself does not request elevation so the elevation must be granted to it…
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