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Windows Installer

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3/21/2011

This package is a Feature Pack in the category System Services. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-Installers-MSI.

This package includes Windows Installer (Msiexec.exe) and support for adding, modifying (including repairing), and removing applications provided as a Windows Installer (.msi) package.

Settings

No settings provided.

Services

  • Microsoft Windows Installer Service

Dependencies

Package Dependencies

No package dependencies.

Group Dependencies

No group dependencies.

Optional Supporting Packages

No optional supporting packages.

Common Uses

Applications and out-of-box drivers, for example, can be installed by using Windows Installer, which could then be removed from your device to help prevent changes to the installed image by users of the device.

Notes

The installation, modification, or removal of an application by using Windows Installer might be prevented on devices using File-Based Write Filter (FBWF), Enhanced Write Filter with HORM (EWF), or Registry Filter.