In EXE installations these operations are encoded in the binary executable file, so it isn't possible to extract them somehow and convert to another format. For example, it can include files and directories creation, registry keys modification, DLLs registration and similar operations. Produced MSI package contains all settings preconfigured during the manual installations and it can be deployed in a silent mode on a local or remote PCs.Īny installation package includes a list of actions that should be performed in scope of installation.

Repackaging tools are able to track file system and registry changes performed on the manual installation of the original EXE setup and use captured information to generate MSI. As far as original setup in EXE format is just a binary file, it isn't possible to extract data from it to produce MSI package. This method is used by repackaging tools to transform EXE installations to MSI packages. Installation repackaging is a method of installation transformation from one format to another.

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