Comments on: Unzipping/extracting MSI files http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/ insert witty, geeky tagline here... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2286 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:56:31 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2286 OK, no idea – might be a problem with the installer.

]]> By: A Imanse http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2285 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:33:57 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2285 Ah, but i have the latest Win 7 sp1… so i’m confused…. Further yet, it begins the installation, but at the end of it, it gives the error.

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2284 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:54:23 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2284 A googe search for MSI 2350 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=msi+2350 suggests that “the installed version of the Windows Installer is too old for the MSI being executed” so perhaps you need to update your version of Windows Installer http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8483

]]> By: A Imanse http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2283 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:49:27 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2283 I’m fairly new to the whole registry science, but i’ve applied this reg to my regedit. I’ve tried to extract, using the new option in the drop-down, the msi file yet it gives me a 2350 error at the end of the extraction…. Can you help me?!

]]> By: Tc Holmes http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2228 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:18:45 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2228 Sweet! Nicely done!

]]> By: Rudi http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2106 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:01:59 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2106 Thanks you Duncan!

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2055 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:41:50 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2055 Yes, I talk about the command-line (/a) switch in the post, the ideas was to make it more easily accessible from explorer.

]]> By: Dennis_Wolf http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2054 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:10:01 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2054 You could also use just the windows command line to extract msi data/content.
More info here:

http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-extract-contentdata-from-msi.html

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2018 Sat, 28 May 2011 07:05:18 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2018 Use the Orca MSI tool http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905

]]> By: nb http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/05/13/unzipping-extracting-msi-files/#comment-2017 Fri, 27 May 2011 23:58:59 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/unzippingextracting-msi-files/#comment-2017 Any idea on how to extract the registry keys from an msi. Like you’d get a .reg file ?

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