How to view the contents or the changes done in a msu file

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I got an hotfix from microsoft (msu file). How can i find the contents or the changes done in that file?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '10 at 06:29

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You can use the Orca - the MSI editor tool. It's part of the Windows Installer 5.0 SDK, which is included in the Windows 7 SDK.

answered Mar 30 '10 at 06:29

Franci Penov

in my windowss 7 SDK i cannot find orca. Do i need to download in separately and install? – SyncMaster Mar 30 '10 at 07:02
Orca.exe is not installed by default. Look for Orca.msi somewhere in teh Windows 7 SDK tree and run that installer. – Franci Penov Mar 30 '10 at 07:18

ANKUSH CHANDEL · Answer 2 · 2015-07-16T03:49:29.367

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In addition to the given solution, Orca cannot open a MSU file. Orca always demands to open a msi or msp or psp file.

Currently, i think there is no such tool to open a MSU file.

If we want see the content inside, you can extract the MSU. Inside the extracted folder you will get Cab files and xml file

edited Jul 16 '15 at 03:49

answered Jul 15 '15 at 10:07

ANKUSH CHANDEL

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