Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Joel Levin schrieb: >> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >>> Joel Levin schrieb: >>>> Is is safe to say that any application installer with a .exe would >>>> use the .exe silent installer package? I am wondering if some >>>> applications may say they are .exe, but are actually msi. How would >>>> you know? >>> >>> Windows distinguishes file types by file extensions. >>> >>> So if you have some_installer.exe, it is 100% exe installer, not MSI >>> (unless someone did something stupid and change the file extension). >>> >>> >>> However, sometimes these .exe files contain a compressed image, >>> containing a MSI, which is later started via msiexec upon >>> decompression. >>> >>> One such example is Adobe Reader, AFAIR. >>> >>> >> Thank you for that--it helps Tomasz. Is there some way (perhaps in >> get info--or in properties) to test an installer to know what type of >> installer it actually is? > > Please reply to the list. > > I don't there is any other than starting the installer, looking at its > temporary files etc. Or googling, checking installation manual, > documentation, deployment instructions etc. > > Why do you need to know if there is a hidden MSI inside? > > When I go to the WPKG site, and look under the silent installer link, there are different scripts for the various types of installers. I experienced some problems when I used the wrong type of script with the wrong installer.
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