Top "Windows-installer" questions

Windows Installer is the installation service provided with Windows, based on the creation and installation of MSI files.

How can I uninstall an application using PowerShell?

Is there a simple way to hook into the standard 'Add or Remove Programs' functionality using PowerShell to uninstall an …

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Uninstalling an MSI file from the command line without using msiexec

msiexec is command prompt software that installs an MSI program. But I have found that you can install an MSI …

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Silent installation of a MSI package

I have a MSI package that I need to install if the package is not already installed. Also I need …

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Create MSI or setup project with Visual Studio 2012

I create a small application and I would like to create one MSI file. In Visual Studio 2010 you have this …

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How can I find the product GUID of an installed MSI setup?

I need to find the product GUID for an installed MSI file in order to perform maintenance such as patching, …

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Extract MSI from EXE

I want to extract the MSI of an EXE setup to publish over a network. For example, using Universal Extractor, …

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How to create an installer for a .net Windows Service using Visual Studio

How do I create an installer for a Windows Service that I have created using Visual Studio?

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WMI "installed" query different from add/remove programs list?

Trying to use WMI to obtain a list of installed programs for Windows XP. Using wmic, I tried: wmic /output:…

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How to uninstall with msiexec using product id guid without .msi file present

I'm trying to automate the uninstallation of packages created using WiX for the purposes of changing the installed software stack &…

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How to find the UpgradeCode and ProductCode of an installed application in Windows 7

I have an application installed on my machine. I also have its source code but somehow the ProductCode and UpgradeCode …

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