The MSI file format used by Windows Installer (MSI) is used specifically for installation – this differs from the EXE format sometimes used to run installers, which are simple executable files that ...

If when you try to install a Windows Installer (MSI) package, and you receive the error message A fatal error occurred during installation accompanied with the error ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

How can you programmatically check if MSIEXEC.EXE is in use? We have a local application that silently installs all of our MSIs, but sometimes installs are pushed to the workstation through other ...