Popular Features

Discover all the features that make MSI Studio the most complete software packaging and application installer.

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  Repackage On Any Machine

  Connect to a target computer to monitor the files and settings changed by a legacy application installer and capture them in an MSI.

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  Comprehensive MSI Editor

  Intuitive graphical interface to change installation preferences. Components and Features are displayed in a tree view allowing easy drag-and-drop of resource items between them.

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  Wizards

  Walk through many of the most common MSI management tasks with a easy to use Wizard.

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  Compare MSI Packages

  View the difference between 2 MSI files by viewing the changes in the table view with color-coded rows or export the differences to a text file.

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  Legacy Application Support

  Monitor changes from a legacy application installer and create a well structured MSI.

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  Completely Customizable Projects

  The Custom Action wizard allows you to create any type of custom action and add them to your sequence. Easily set the processing type, execution and scheduling.

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  Access to Deleted Project Components

  A recycle bin allows you to reintroduce any deleted rows.

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  Complete COM Entry Management

  Convert registry table entries to COM table entries and back to registry tables. Extract COM entries from the files in your project and add to the registry table.

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  Modular Design Architecture

  Create merge modules from files in your project. Once stored as modules, you can search for merge modules to add to new projects.

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  Access to CAB Contents

  Easily extract cab files and their contents from within MSI files.

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  Multiple Validation Options

  Projects can be validated (ICE or MCE) and errors are displayed in the output window.

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  Self-Extracting Options

  Create a self-extracting bootstrapped executable for your MSI. Check and install the windows installer runtimes from the bootstrapper.

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  Zero-Touch Testing

  Easily create a special MSI package which simulates the effect of the application installer on the target computer, but without actually making any changes.

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  Conflict Resolution

  Add a repository for storing MSI packages, which allows for easy reporting on where each package might conflict with others. Find and resolve problems with conflicting application installers before they occur!

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  Export Directly to SCCM 2007

  Export completed MSIs directly into System Center Configuration Manager, with extensive options to specify the target distribution points, collections, schedule, priority and more. (Available only for MSI Studio for Configuration Manager)