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"INSTMSIA.EXE" Details
Hi 98 Guy,
I am sorry for not making myself clear. The "EchoLink" I recently download can be installed on a WinXP as it is, but in order to install it on a Win98 computer, I have to first use "INSTMSIA.EXE" (Win98 Installer). This "installer" provides what is needed to install "EchoLink" on a Win98 platform. I am curious what this "installer" does so "EchoLink" can be installed on a Win98 computer. I will use the link you provided. Again, Thank You, John On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:11:13 -0500, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion you wrote: wrote: I had to download "INSTMSIA.EXE" Can anyone provide more details about "INSTMSIA.EXE" and how it "works"? Are you asking how the self-installation package file called INSTMSIA.EXE works, or are you asking how the "windows installer" installation technology works? This will tell you want the "windows installer" is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer ========= The Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer) is a software component used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software on modern Microsoft Windows systems. The installation information, and often the files themselves, are packaged in installation packages, loosely relational databases structured as OLE COM Structured Storages and commonly known as "MSI files", from their default file extension. Windows Installer contains significant changes from its predecessor, Setup API. New features include a GUI framework and automatic generation of the uninstallation sequence. Windows Installer is positioned as an alternative to stand-alone executable installer frameworks such as older versions of InstallShield and Wise (later versions of both products are based on Windows Installer) and NSIS. ========== I have the following versions of INSTMSIA.EXE: 1.10.1029.1 2.0.2600.1 2.0.2600.2 I likey have the most recent version (2.0.2600.2) installed on my win-98 systems. Micro$haft is up to at least version 3 of the installer, and naturally has not made this version available for win-98, so many .msi files can't be installed on win-98. Note that it's very easy to unpack an MSI file to get at the package contents and in some or most cases install the software manually. |
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