Windows Installer Team Blog
I recently came across several resources that are available from Microsoft to help developers get...
Date: 09/11/2009
Starting with Windows 7, Windows Installer enables native support for setting properties on...
Date: 09/02/2009
Prior to the introduction of UAC in Windows Vista, setup authors were able to create a single...
Date: 09/02/2009
The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now available for...
Date: 08/12/2009
As you may already know that Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (SP2) is...
Date: 08/12/2009
As some of you may have already heard, Windows 7 has now been released to manufacturing! Read the...
Date: 07/31/2009
It's been a few months now since the Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable was released [link]. Over...
Date: 03/05/2009
Setting appropriate permissions for an object is one of the core operations in creating an...
Date: 03/05/2009
In Windows 7, Windows Installer provides enhanced native support for setup authors to configure...
Date: 03/05/2009
Windows Installer version 5.0 is included in Windows 7 Beta. The MSDN documentation section "What's...
Date: 02/10/2009
Hello everyone, We wanted to let you know that a non-security QFE was released recently for MSI 4.5...
Date: 12/05/2008
Hey all, The Windows engineering teams are putting together plans for how application installation...
Date: 11/20/2008
Hey everyone -- In case you missed my presentation at PDC 2008 in Los Angeles last weekend, the...
Date: 11/05/2008
As you all may already know the final release of the Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable and SDK...
Date: 06/06/2008
Hi all, It was recently pointed out to me that I had not yet updated my introduction post. So I...
Date: 06/06/2008
I am pleased to announce that the final release of the Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable and SDK...
Date: 06/03/2008
Members of the Windows Installer team will be at both the TechEd Developers (June 3-6) and TechEd IT...
Date: 05/29/2008
Apart from the feature work that we did in Windows Installer 4.5, we made a few changes to Windows...
Date: 05/01/2008
Stefan Krueger met with us a few weeks ago for the Microsoft MVP Global Summit. Among the many...
Date: 04/29/2008
The Windows Installer (MSI) team is part of the rapidly-growing Windows Application Platform (WAP)...
Date: 04/26/2008
Hello Everyone -- The schedules for Microsoft TechEd 2008 in sunny Orlando, Florida have recently...
Date: 04/25/2008
Issue Description Performing any of the following operations using patchwiz.dll v4.0 could result in...
Date: 04/21/2008
What does this blog cover? With Windows Installer 4.5 support for multi package transaction, the...
Date: 04/03/2008
Why Multi Package Transaction? Application vendors who compose their applications from multiple MSI...
Date: 04/03/2008
Windows Installer 4.5 chat is due in another two days. The MSDN Technical Chat is scheduled on April...
Date: 04/01/2008
Why Embedded UI? Windows Installer’s existing internal UI does not provide the flexibility necessary...
Date: 04/01/2008
Why do I care about shared component patch uninstalls? There has been an ask from Windows Installer...
Date: 03/29/2008
In this blog post, I will provide an overview on what you can do with the new patch uninstall custom...
Date: 03/25/2008
Hello everyone -- I am pleased to announce that Windows Installer 4.5 Beta 2 is now available from...
Date: 03/21/2008
Hello everyone! First off, I wanted to let you know that I have re-joined the Windows Installer...
Date: 03/07/2008
Windows Installer expert Dennis Bareis responded to a previous post, Request for suggestions for...
Date: 01/19/2008
Feedback on our existing Knowledge Base article for the error 1603 is that 'it is not very useful.'...
Date: 01/18/2008
Customers have mentioned having trouble finding Windows Installer support when they try to navigate...
Date: 01/03/2008
Back on September 1st, I answered the question When will Windows Installer 4.5 be RTM-ed? with Q1 of...
Date: 12/10/2007
A question been raised in a couple of contexts is the protocol for shipping a beta on beta software....
Date: 10/04/2007
For a time, there was a release named Windows Installer 4.1 on the MSDN topic Released Versions of...
Date: 10/01/2007
The Packaging Event 2007 in Amsterdam has kindly invited the Windows Installer team to speak on...
Date: 10/01/2007
Our friends with WiX (principally blogger Rob Mensching) had some questions about the schema...
Date: 09/16/2007
Our friends with WiX (principally bloggers Rob Mensching and Heath Stewart) had some questions about...
Date: 09/16/2007
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) now contains the Windows Installer 4.5 beta documentation. From...
Date: 09/16/2007
Our friend and blogger Aaron Stebner asked on behalf of his readers whether the Windows Installer...
Date: 09/08/2007
A few questions have come in asking for a starting point for building a Windows Installer 4.5...
Date: 09/08/2007
Our friends at InstallShield had some questions about schedule and platforms. One of those questions...
Date: 09/01/2007
Our friends at InstallShield had some questions about schedule and platforms. One of those questions...
Date: 09/01/2007
Do the new API's Msi(Begin/Join/End)Transaction work with external UI as well as the new internal UI?
Our friends at InstallAware had some questions on issues we have yet to answer in the beta MSI.CHM....
Date: 08/25/2007
Our friends at InstallAware had some questions on issues we have yet to answer in the beta MSI.CHM....
Date: 08/25/2007
A number of Windows Installer enthusiasts have asked whether they can talk about the Windows...
Date: 08/25/2007
The Windows Installer 4.5 Beta binaries, CHM, headers, and libs are all now accessible at...
Date: 08/25/2007
Here's a walkthrough of the process I've used to signup for the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta 1) go to...
Date: 08/21/2007