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Creating a Package using an MSI

In this lecture we will create a package using XmlNotepad,

First we will need to find and test our Install and uninstall Commands.

Because the program is an .msi we will use msiexec for the install command.

  • And here is the Install Command - MsiExec.exe /I XmlNotepad.msi /qn

/I for install and /qn for quiet install. I found the install command on this website. Let’s go out and check it out.

https://silentinstallhq.com/xml-notepad-silent-install-how-to-guide/

  • For the install command, I just had to change XmlNotepadSetup.msi to XmlNotepad.msi to match my installer.

For the uninstall command

  • You will need to have the product installed to find the uninstall command.
  • For the uninstall string it looks like the author is using the product code. So I will have to use regedit to locate an updated product code that will work with my version of the program.

There are two places in the registry I can check for the uninstall string for my program.

Considering this is a 32 bit application running on a 64 bit O/S I will check in the WOW6432 for the uninstall string.

I’ll go ahead and open regedit now and browse through \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\\{FC7BACF0-1FFA-4605-B3B4-A66AB382752D}

And there is a whole list of product codes. I had to click through each of these until I found the correct Uninstall String. So here is our uninstall command. From the website mentioned above I added the following parameters /x (for uninstall and qn for quiet or silent uninstall

  • Uninstall Command \- MsiExec.exe /x {FC7BACF0-1FFA-4605-B3B4-A66AB382752D} /qn
  • Now copy both of these commands to Notepad.

You should test your install and uninstall command lines from an admin level command prompt before you deploy them out to your…