I'd also use external CAB's on all the MSI's you create so that your MSI's
don't bloat the cache.
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com]
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From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:26 AM
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I don't do patches. Nobody does patches for this platform - it isn't worth
the effort.
The MSIs aren't installed interactively - ever. Strictly Microsoft system
management tools and our own home-grown extensions. We have the worst case
of "NIH" syndrome ever.
Thanks for the feedback, mostly just
If memory serves, I think that Windows will ask for the original
install media if the cached MSI is missing. That should be testable. I
don't think there's anything that can be done in the MSI file to help,
so I woouldn't worry about different authoring approaches.
Patches are more problematical.
Hi, all.
I know you're going to just shake your head at this, but here it is.
I create installers for one of many products that install onto a group of
roughly 14,000 systems at my employer. Some of these systems have drives
that are small by modern standards, and thanks to a weird partitioning
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