Category: Application Packaging

Is your Repackaged msi FoolProof?

January 4, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

The art of converting a legacy installation into a windows installer package is known to many and accepting the Vendor Repackaging tool’s output, a standard practice. While we create an msi package through the reverse engineering process of Repackaging, we are often content with making sure the application works and passes the User Acceptance test. [...]

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Making Sense of ICE Validation!

January 4, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

ICE a.k.a Internal Consistency Evaluators are a set of rules created by Microsoft to help validate a windows installer package. ICE Rules check the integrity of the package as well as ensure that the Windows Installer best practices were followed when creating an msi package. Before deploying your msi based installation, it is recommended that [...]

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How to design a windows installer package for Windows 7 (UAC enabled systems)?

January 4, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Microsoft introduced a new security model called the UAC in Windows Vista. The UAC forces all users including administrators to run Windows in a lock down environment. The UAC a.k.a User Access Control, locks the machine down and prompts the user to elevate privileges when an msi package is run. The UAC continues to be [...]

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