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2. MSIEXEC

Owen Heaume1  
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West Sussex, UK
 

Msiexec.exe provides the means to install, modify, and perform operations on Windows Installer from the command line. This is the tool that, where possible, you should try to use all the time to install applications.

Msiexec can install MSI and MSP (patches) as well as accept parameters and MST (transform) files to customize the deployment.

It’s the easiest “tool” to use to deploy MSI files because it just works, and it provides the greatest flexibility.

It is another crucial step to master if you are to become a deployment expert and, ...

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