Windows Installer 4.5 Now available from Microsoft

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Just an FYI.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6f-60b6-4412-95b9-54d056d6f9f4&DisplayLang=en

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Fat Kev]

Have you installed it and are there any known unknowns you can tell us about?

Is this number 4.5 your unknown in this respect. How did you make it from 3.1?

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Have you installed it and are there any known unknowns you can tell us about?

Is this number 4.5 your unknown in this respect. How did you make it from 3.1?

So far so good. Did some uninstalls of current apps, installs,
re-installs and it works fine. I don't know yet how Microsoft went
from 3.1 to 4.5.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Will the new installer be offered via Windows Automatic Updates or is it

optional?

It is optional but I would recommend updating to it as I now
understand that one of the neat feature available is snapshot
installing. Programmers and developers may take advantage of this
feature so it doesn't hurt to be future-proofed.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

http://support.installshield.com/newusers/deploy/repackage/methods.asp

So, I assume that as the name suggests "snapshot" uses imaging in some
way.

As it's beyond me, I think I'll wait until it's needed.

Thanks again.

There's info on it here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb736325.aspx

Neowin has detailed it a bit here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/software/08/06/03/windows-installer-45-released

- Thee Chicago Wolf