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ToolTip: Updated version of lessmsi (View extract MSI content)

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:15:20 +0000

There is an updated version of the less misérables utility a utility with a graphical user interface and a command line interface that can be used to view and extract the contents of an MSI file.

The updated version now has explorer integration, that can be easily enabled / disabled via the preference menu setting.

Download lessmsi from [here](http://code.google.com/p/lessmsi/).

What you should know about the Win32_Product Class

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:55:15 +0000

I just read this very interesting article “Why Win32_Product is Bad News!” and if you’re a Desktop Systems Administrator I strongly recommend to the read that article as well. To simulate what Darren is writing about, simply open an elevated command prompt (on a Test system) and type WMIC, once WMIC has started type Product and confirm with Enter.

All installed Products will be listed. Now open the Windows Event Viewer. (Eventvwr.msc) and open the Applications log. As shown in the picture below that simply query caused all installed applications to be reconfigured.

ToolTip – less misérables (MSI file extractor)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:59:53 +0000

Today I found a nice utility that allows you to easily extract individual files from an MSI package. The tool is called “less miséreables”. it’s a kind of a funny name, but it does the job.

To extract a file, simply launch the utility, select the file(s) you want to extract and click on the extract button.

Of course the same can be done by using the MSIEXEC command from the command line as shown below, but that does extract all files.