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But I have found that you can install an MSI file from the command line by just typing in the name of the MSI file on the command line.

You can see a list of associations by (in Windows Explorer) going to Tools Folder Options File Types.

But Im sure no one wants to do that because if you do you can no longer install an msi by double-clicking on it.

Wise Script To Msi Afterburner Tutorial .Exe I 1

On my WinXP install, HKEYCLASSESROOTMsi.PackageshellOpencommand contains SystemRootSystem32msiexec.exe i 1.

Seems if one is willing to have to specify i to install in cmd.exe, where they could have (by default) just specified the MSI filename; then they could change that registry value to SystemRootSystem32msiexec.exe 1 to allow the specifying of the x switch in cmd.exe, and right click the MSI to access (at least) the install option in the GUI.

However you can probably guess which EXE will then get called by those API calls.:).

Personally I use option 3 or 5 from section 3 (both options with logging, but option 5 runs silently.

This can make uninstall slightly different from what is seen below.

For a rather lengthy description of why this is the case, please read this post: Uninstall from Control Panel is different from Remove from.msi.

This is how an uninstall runs when triggered from the addremove applet.

Remove the exclamation mark to turn off the flush to log option and the uninstall will be much quicker.

You still get verbose logging, but as stated some log buffer could be lost.

This is particularly useful for verbose files, because they are so, well, verbose:-).

Read the linked thread for more details - recommended read for anyone who finds this answer and fiddles with dangerous Windows settings.

On the topic of disk space: How can I get rid of huge cached MSI files (and other disk space cleanup tricks).

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Or as Christopher Galpin points out, turn on the Comments column in Windows Explorer and select the MSI file ( see this article for how to do this ).

Then maximize the PowerShell window and run the command below.

See this article: Powershell Uninstall Script - Have a real headache.

This means it may run modify instead of uninstall in some cases.

It requires that you download the WiX toolkit - a free framework for creating MSI files compiled from XML source file(s).

And here is WiX contrasted with other deployment tools (commercial) - (strengths and weaknesses - hopefully as objective as possible).

It eliminates all need for COM Interop when working with Windows Installer via automation and is nothing short of a.NET jewel - perhaps the easiest-to-use.NET library I have ever seen.

Highly recommended - great even for training students in C.

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