[wpkg-users] Installer types

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Joel Levin schrieb:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> Joel Levin schrieb:
>>> Is is safe to say that any application installer with a .exe would 
>>> use the .exe silent installer package? I am wondering if some 
>>> applications may say they are .exe, but are actually msi. How would 
>>> you know?
>>
>> Windows distinguishes file types by file extensions.
>>
>> So if you have some_installer.exe, it is 100% exe installer, not MSI 
>> (unless someone did something stupid and change the file extension).
>>
>>
>> However, sometimes these .exe files contain a compressed image, 
>> containing a MSI, which is later started via msiexec upon decompression.
>>
>> One such example is Adobe Reader, AFAIR.
>>
>>
> Thank you for that--it helps Tomasz. Is there some way (perhaps in get 
> info--or in properties) to test an installer to know what type of 
> installer it actually is?

Please reply to the list.

I don't there is any other than starting the installer, looking at its 
temporary files etc. Or googling, checking installation manual, 
documentation, deployment instructions etc.

Why do you need to know if there is a hidden MSI inside?


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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