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"INSTMSIA.EXE" Details
Hi,
Recently I downloaded the newest version of "EchoLink" (a program used by many "Ham" radio operators). In order for me to install this on my Windows 98 computer, I had to download "INSTMSIA.EXE" and install that first, which I did. Afterwards I had no trouble installing "EchoLink". All I know about "INSTMSIA.EXE" is that it is a "Windows 98, etc. Installer". A Google search did not produce much more information about that file, but I didn't want to spend a lot of time searching. Can anyone provide more details about "INSTMSIA.EXE" and how it "works"? Thank You in Advance, John N3AOF |
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"INSTMSIA.EXE" Details
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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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"INSTMSIA.EXE" Details
98 Guy wrote in :
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. Yes, there a tool called Less Msierables (how awesome is that?). I don't know if it handles the V3 types but if so it might also do that on W98. I haven't tried it because I think it needs .net to run, and I'm not entirely sure which is worse, that or the MSI thing. In other news, you are officially unplonked. |
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