Hook on Windows Installer messages

Question

I wonder if there is any win32 API regarding the user install software on his machine ?

Is there is any event the windows fire when a user start to install software ?

I need to write an application that listen to this event and cancel the operation for some software.

This is the sort of thing that malware does. As Daniel says, use policy and standard security features to control what is installed. — David Heffernan, Jul 21 '11 at 13:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '17 at 19:38

You don't need an app to disable installs based on MSI setups. See DisableMsi policy:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa369784(v=vs.85).aspx

Setups built with other tools (that build non-MSI setups) can't really be detected because they're just applications that do things to the system, just like any other application, so there isn't really a way to stop them.

Hook on Windows Installer messages

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