According to my notes (based on the docs for the Windows Installer Cleanup
Tool), the MSI version is checked by looking at the version info for
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\MSI.DLL; it's "2.0" for the current version.  I see
that once you install something with MSI, MSI continues to run in the
background, so if possible it should be the first thing done after a reboot.
So, if the version is 2.0 (assuming that you have a way of checking via
script), it probably got updated properly, else it definitely didn't and the
system needs to be rebooted.

>From looking at the MSI docs, I get the impression that it's a good idea to
upgrade MSI first, even if the apps that you're installing only need 1.x.
My impression is that the repair features work better that way.

--Scott.

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Installing win2k fails because the perl install depends on a more resent
version of the windows installer. You can install the latter windows
installer but it requires a reboot.  I tried it without a reboot and it
appears to work so maybe ok.


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