> It looks like the current bootstrapper calls msiexec.exe, rather than
> using the APIs. I inherited the code and it looks like it was done
> that way to make it convenient to pass command line arguments, among
> other things.
> 
> If I continue to call the executable, I assume that I'll need to
> choose the correct msiexec.exe (system32 for 64-bit on x64, syswow64
> for 32-bit on x64, system32 on 32-bit), or can x64's system32\msiexec
> install 32-bit MSIs?

In my bootstrapper I just do CreateProcess(NULL, "msiexec /i xxx", ...)
and it does the right thing on both x64 and x86.

Regards,
John


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