MSI packets

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Hi there!
I have problem of creating .msi packets from .exe (legacy installer)
I've tried to use WinInstall LE for creating MSI packet from Adobe Acrobat
Reader, but my .msi packet have only 800 KB instead 20 MB.
Where I did go wrong. I was doing step by step as described in help.
Thanx
Best regards
Dubravko
 
Dubravko said:
Hi there!
I have problem of creating .msi packets from .exe (legacy installer)
I've tried to use WinInstall LE for creating MSI packet from Adobe Acrobat
Reader, but my .msi packet have only 800 KB instead 20 MB.
Where I did go wrong. I was doing step by step as described in help.
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Hi,

The full Acrobat Reader 7 install file is actually just a wrapper
around a MSI installation.

To obtain the files you can do like this:

1.
Manually run AdbeRdr705_enu_full.exe (approx. 20 MB), and when it has
finished extracted the files and launched the real MSI installation
and then removed itself from the task list, do the following:

2.
Just let the MSI installer dialog box be left alone (don't start
the "real" Acrobat Reader installation).

3.
Go to the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Setup Files\. In
some subfolder there you will find the file "Adobe Reader 7.0.5.msi"
and "Data1.cab" (there are some more files there as well).
 
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