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[sarfu]

Hi all
Is there any exe which would un-compress a compressed .msi file.
i am not able to find any help. I went through the msiexec /a command which would do un-compression but that is not i want.

is there any tool which does the same thing while creating a patch the installshield patch genaration wizard would do when given any compressed msi file (i asks for path where it would un -compress the compressed msi file)

thanks in advance
sarfu

[Stefan Krueger]

[vijaybr]

thanks for kind reply stefan

the problem with the msiexec /a command is i can't mention the path where it should un-compress my .msi file, in fact it pops up a dialog asking for the path where it can un-compress it. But since i am tyring to build the patch with the script and no UI what so ever ( command line) i am not able to mention the msiexec /a msiname.msi the path where it should un compress. It throws up command line parameters dialog what are the legal commands

but with msiexec /a there is no third parameter to mention the path where it should un-compress the .msi file. Please correct me if i am wrong. or is there a way to give parameter so that it can un-compress the .msi file in desired location.

thanks in advance
sarfu

[Stefan Krueger]

Try this:

msiexec.exe /a your.msi TARGETDIR=C:\whatever\you\want /q

where /q makes the action silent.

[sarfu]

Thanks for kind reply stefan
It really did work.

but one thing i observed is i cant give the relative path in TARGETDIR. but this can be done by other means.

the silent un-compression is happening fantastically. thanks once again
sarfu