.MSI to .EXE

socreative · 16 Jul 2007 at 11:52

Hi

How do I convert an MSI file to EXE ? Is there any free software that can do it?

thanks

Burnsy2023 · 16 Jul 2007 at 12:07

I've never seen it done, but I know you can make a setup exe which is essentially a MSI bootstrap.

Burnsy

M0KUJ1N · 16 Jul 2007 at 13:43

Why would you want to? MSI's are the preferred method of installation for AD and SMS and if you need to install it via a batch script you use msiexec

BoomAM · 16 Jul 2007 at 14:32

As above, i dont GP *.msi's out to workstations, but i do find *.msi files give me FAR less problems than *.exe's.

Curiosityx · 16 Jul 2007 at 22:58

Strange indeed the translation is normally the other way around, may i ask why?

IAmATeaf · 17 Jul 2007 at 12:12

If you did manage to locate a free util to wrap an MSI into an EXE all that would happen is it would be unpacked at the destination and then the MSI itself would be run so not too sure what you'd be gaining by doing this.

bledd · 17 Jul 2007 at 12:16

you can do this if you follow the '7zip switchless installer' guides on msfn using 7zip and the commandline

by as said above, it just creates a container for the msi