I would like to install a given .msi package programmatically from my C# .NET application, preferably with the installation parameters that my application specifies (like the installation path, dec...

I'm using the Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller libraries to read out values from a .msi file. Properties are no problem, and the summary-information can also be read out, example: static vo...

The MsiProcessMessage function doco on MSDN shows this example: PMSIHANDLE hInstall; PMSIHANDLE hRec; MsiProcessMessage(hInstall, INSTALLMESSAGE(INSTALLMESSAGE_ERROR|MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE|MB_ICONW...

Is there a way to read the properties inside an MSI file? For example, given a MSI file named Testpackage.msi, I need to find productName PackageCode version This I am going to use it with WMI uni...

I have found an example for encrypting a web.config during installation here, but my app is a windows service. The aspnetreg_iis method works only for web.config files. I know how to programatical...