You'd just build your new MSI with that attribute set - that should work because that state of that bit is in the MSI's File table. The tricky part might be replacing the existing file by making sure you do something that causes an update, such as increment the version, change the content etc. There's no specific answer without knowing if the file is hashed, versioned etc --------------- Phil Wilson
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