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[Stefan Krueger]

The redistributable package for Windows Installer 3.0 is now available. It can be installed on the following versions of Windows:

• Windows 2000 SP3
• Windows 2000 SP4
• Windows XP (without SP)
• Windows XP SP1
• Windows Server 2003

Windows XP SP2 already includes MSI 3.0.
Windows Server 2003 SP1 will include MSI 3.1.

The build number of the redistributable version is 3.0.3790.2538, which is slightly higher than the version that comes with XP SP2 (3.0.3790.2180).
The file name is WindowsInstaller-KB884016-x86.exe, following Microsoft's new naming convention to include a reference to a KB article.

Information about this release and the issues that are addressed in MSI 3.0 can be found in knowledge base article 884016

Download the Windows Installer 3.0 Redistributable

The download page has a language selection box, but the exe file appears to be identical for all languages.

[Stefan Krueger]

In order to use the MSI 3 rdistributable with InstallShield 10.5, rename the file to instmsi30.exe and place it in this folder:
InstallShield 10.5\Redist\Language Independent\i386\msi3.0\instmsi30.exe