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Orca install package

Stephane Rodriguez posted an interesting comment that I hadn't thought of - it isn't the easiest thing in the world to download Orca.  You have to go through the Platform SDK web-based installer tool and also install a bunch of pieces of the core SDK to get orca.msi which lets you install Orca.  I have a copy of it that I downloaded and posted at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/Orca.zip for easier access.  I hope this makes things easier for you as you debug your setup packages.

 

Published Monday, July 12, 2004 9:31 AM by astebner
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Monday, July 12, 2004 11:12 AM by Stephane Rodriguez

# re: Orca install package


Indeed, that's better like this. Last time I checked the core platform SDK, it was 250MB or something like that. Now if you could get this in the MSDN library / Windows installer page, this would be very good (everyone googling orca gets to the Windows installer page, but then today you are automatically redirected to the core platform SDK).
And sorry for mistaking Orcas and Orca.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:46 AM by lwielewi

# re: Orca install package

Thank you very much for this. It is just what I needed!! You just saved me a large download when all I wanted is Orca. Much appreciated.

Sincerely,

lwielewi
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:59 AM by Søren Christensen Denmark

# re: Orca install package

Great, but the link doesn't seem to work.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:56 AM by astebner

# re: Orca install package

Hi, it appears that my old ISP site was taken offline, so I've updated the link in the text of this blog post. Please let me know if the location at http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/Orca.zip does not work for you.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:10 PM by Brian

# re: Orca install package

Thanks for providing this application separately!!
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:36 PM by sonu

# re: Orca install package

Hey thanks alot :),Saved lot of time and huge downloads.
Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:49 PM by RLH

# re: Orca install package

THANKS to you and Google after 5 or more minutes of wandering around on the Microsoft site unsuccessfully!
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:59 PM by macetw

# re: Orca install package

Praise the Lord: Orca is downloadable on it's own. Ah... Last time I did this, my blood was boiling.
Sunday, October 09, 2005 4:07 AM by sal

# re: Orca install package

Many Thanks astebner, for that link. Although it's over 12 months since you posted the information re Orca install, I was able to find the article in Yahoo search pages. I spent the whole day trying to download MS SDK Platform and there is still over a quarter of download left so if I continued on with their original download I would have been up all night too.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:50 AM by meister p

# re: Orca install package

Thanks very much!!! This is exactly what I needed! I also had problems with the download of the SDK platform, now I don't need it anymore ;-)
Friday, December 09, 2005 10:41 AM by Sam Fisher

# re: Orca install package

Thanks Man really needed Orca was searching for it as a seperate link, thanks to you again
Sunday, December 18, 2005 4:10 AM by Delpak

# re: Orca install package

thank you for useful topic & link.
Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:27 PM by Nico

# re: Orca install package

Ho una linea a 56k quindi GRAZIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
translation:
(I have a 56k dialup connection so THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!)
Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:34 PM by Orca Hunter

# re: Orca install package

Just another few words of thanks. Having to download a multi-megabyte SDK just to get an application I'm likely to only run once or twice is ridiculous.
Monday, January 02, 2006 9:28 AM by Mahantesh Hongal

# re: Orca install package

Many thanks for the link.
Friday, January 13, 2006 7:25 PM by Skaro

# re: Orca install package

What a star!!! Thanks a million!
Friday, January 27, 2006 6:01 AM by Mira

# re: Orca install package

Many, many thanks for this.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:20 AM by David

# re: Orca install package

Thanks a lot Aaron, very handy link.

You posted this article 18 months ago.  Do you have any idea whether this download is still the latest Orca?  Have you been updating the file?  I don't expect you to go to all that trouble, I was just wondering.

Thanks again,
David
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:08 PM by astebner

# re: Orca install package

Hi David - I updated the Orca package once the MSI SDK for MSI 3.1 shipped.  However, I don't know if I will continue to update it forever  :-)  The most reliable way to get the latest and greatest version of Orca is to install the Platform SDK, but for those of you who can't take the hundreds of megs of download to do that for whatever reason, this is available as a convenience.

Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:07 AM by Andreaz

# re: Orca install package

Great post. It's an ordeal to download the simplest and smallest of tools from the microsoft site. They really have a warped mind.
This is so much easier.
Friday, February 10, 2006 4:13 AM by Arun George John

# re: Orca install package

Thank you so much! I wasted more than half an hour meandering on Microsoft's website looking for this download. Later, I googled your site! Thanks again!
Monday, February 13, 2006 5:13 AM by Ajay

# re: Orca install package

that was great.i reached here after contemplating on whether to go for such a big download on microsoft website. thank you.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:04 AM by Vishal Maheshwari

# re: Orca install package

THANKS to you and Google, after unsuccessfull download of SDK, finally I found the Orca over here.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:12 AM by Geir V

# re: Orca install package

THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS

TimeSaver deluxe
Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:33 AM by ronachers

# re: Orca install package

many thanx! very encouraged!
thank you 1.000.000 times
Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:03 PM by a Friend

# re: Orca install package

Thanx a lot...
Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:11 PM by Mohanraj

# re: Orca install package

Hi many many Thanks to Stephane Rodriguez  for providing orca.zip

Mohan
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:20 AM by Siti

# re: Orca install package

How to use ORCA ?
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:43 AM by astebner

# re: Orca install package

Hi Siti - Once you install Orca, you can right-click on an MSI and choose Edit with Orca and that will allow you to view and edit the contents of an MSI file.  Also, there is some information about Orca at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/orca_exe.asp.  Hope this helps!
Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:23 AM by Leon

# re: Orca install package

You are teh r0x0r
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