srinannapa
23rd May 2007 13:07 UTC

MSI file from .exe file
Dear all,
Can any one suggest me how to create .msi file from .exe file, the simple way i know is copy from c:/xxxx/xx/local~1/temp. Is there any standard way for it?

Thanks in advance,
Srinivas N

Afrow UK
23rd May 2007 14:17 UTC

Can I ask why you are asking here?
NSIS does not provide support for MSI's.

Stu

kichik
23rd May 2007 14:18 UTC

A simple Google search for msi2exe shows a couple of results that might be useful. Other than that, it should be a pretty simple WiX script that just copies an executable to th temporary directory and executes it. It might even be one of their basic examples.

srinannapa
23rd May 2007 15:18 UTC

Hi Afrow ,

I fear if NSIS has any provision.

Sheik
23rd May 2007 16:33 UTC

I imagine he is wondering if we could wrap our resulting NSIS based Installer .exe into a wrapper that would "push" it into an .msi, maybe even call the installer with flags, or some such, so that an NSIS based installer can "act" like an .msi, even if it really isn't...

Kludgy, but on the other hand, if your boss demands that you support .msi with NSIS, maybe this is the way out, while still being able to use NSIS?

Scott

jackkoho
29th May 2007 22:09 UTC

I got an MSI to run doing this:

ExecWait '$SYSDIR\msiexec.exe /qf /i INSTDIR\dummy.msi"'