Is there a command line command to extract just the files within a .msi file.

[Lawrence]

Probably not. As mentioned by David in previous message, you can use
MSIEXEC to perform usual installation, repair, removal and maintenace task
in command or unattended mode, however, it does not provide a switch to
extract the package.

MSI is a package generated by software vendor, however, you can consider
that's a compressed cabinate file, although some software, which is using
MSI for setup will have all the files store in plain format that provide
accessibility, like Office 2000.

Maybe some of the software that use MSI for setup may have command line
switch to copy the installation source to a shared location, like MS office
SETUP /A switch, but we cannot gaurantee the existance of such a switch.

Lawrence Tse

 

[Lawrence Tse]

That's my pleasure

 

[=?Windows-1252?B?1L/UIE13cw==?=]

I was wondering if a command exist just to extract all the files contained
within the package, without necessarily installing anything.

Thanks for any help.

Mo

 

[David H. Lipman]

Use the command MSIEXEC.EXE
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314881

I don't think you can extract the contents but with MSIEXEC you can work with the MSI (or
MSP) file.

Dave




| I was wondering if a command exist just to extract all the files contained
| within the package, without necessarily installing anything.
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
| Mo
|

 

[=?Windows-1252?B?1L/UIE13cw==?=]

Thanks Dave, it's a start..

 

[=?Windows-1252?B?1L/UIE13cw==?=]

Thanks for the additional info Lawrence...

Probably not. As mentioned by David in previous message, you can use
MSIEXEC to perform usual installation, repair, removal and maintenace task
in command or unattended mode, however, it does not provide a switch to
extract the package.

MSI is a package generated by software vendor, however, you can consider
that's a compressed cabinate file, although some software, which is using
MSI for setup will have all the files store in plain format that provide
accessibility, like Office 2000.

Maybe some of the software that use MSI for setup may have command line
switch to copy the installation source to a shared location, like MS office
SETUP /A switch, but we cannot gaurantee the existance of such a switch.

Lawrence Tse