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Reverse Engineer MSI

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minoad

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I need to rebuild an MSI file without knowledge of what went into it. Is thier any way for me to pull appart an MSI file and see what registry changes were made, what folders were created etc...


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Micah A. Norman
 
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Edit the msi file with an editor like wise for windows installer, installshield or orca. An MSI is a relational database and the tables will show you what changes were made. For example the registry table holds all the registry information. If you can install the msi again you can capture the changes that occured to your system when installing using a tool like InstallRite.
 
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