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Windows Installer 1.1 Redistributable for Windows 95 and 98

Brief Description
The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. Instmsi.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer.

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Quick Details
File Name:InstMsi.exe
Version:1.1
Date Published:1/11/2000
Language:English
Download Size:1.4 MB
Estimated Download Time: 4 min 56K

Overview

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. Instmsi.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer. Windows Installer is a component of the Windows 2000 operating system that simplifies the application installation process.


Windows Installer manages the installation and removal of applications by applying a set of centrally defined setup rules during the installation process. These setup rules define the installation and configuration of the installed application. In addition, you can use this service to modify, repair, or remove an existing application.


The Windows Installer technology consists of the Windows Installer service for the Windows operating systems and the package (.msi) file format used to hold information regarding the application setup and installations.


Windows Installer is not only an installation program; it is also an extensible software management system. Windows Installer manages the installation, addition, and deletion of software components, monitors file resiliency, and maintains basic disaster recovery using rollbacks. Additionally, Windows Installer supports installing and running software from multiple sources, and can be customized by developers that want to install custom applications.


Notes:For Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, download Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000.


Windows XP contains Windows Installer 2.0 and therefore can't be installed or upgraded by this redistributable

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 95; Windows 98

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Instructions

  1. Click the Download button on this page to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click Go.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
    • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.


For complete information on installing or upgrading Windows installer, including command line options, please see the Windows Installer Software Developers Kits (SDK), available at http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate

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