Converting a MSI to an InstallShield Basic Project

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Import your package. Open Advanced Installer Repackager and click on Capture Setup to start the repackaging process. Select the package you want to convert, in this example we use 7-zip.exe. Convert your package. The two available options let you convert on your current machine or a virtual machine. Convert EXE to MSI using a free utility. Alternatively, you may use one of the free MSI converters, such as MSI. ImElfin free MSI2EXE Converter is the best ever MSI to EXE converter freeware in the market, empowering users to convert MSI (Windows Installer File) to EXE (Executable) with ease. Converter utilities capable of msi file to exe format conversion. It is unlikely that you can find a program that can convert msi to exe in the proper file conversion sense. Nevertheless, you can find tools that allow users to 'wrap up'.msi files as.exe files so they can be launched directly. This was done in the past (like 2010) through a. Package your favorite application(msi, exe, App-V 5.x and custom scripts) in the MSIX format by launching the tool and selecting the Application package icon. Create a modification package for a MSIX Package by launching the tool and selecting the Modification package icon.

Recently I had two separate situations that arose in which I had a MSI and needed to convert each to an InstallShield Project. One was a project that was originally a WISE installation, and the other was a InstallShield MultiPlatform package. In both situations I had access to a MSI Package, and chose to convert it to an InstallShield package.

Apparently the built-in Conversion feature is not as well known as I thought – and it’s been around since v10.5, so it seems to be a good candidate for a BLOG entry, so here it goes!

First, you need to open the InstallShield project and then select OPEN from the File Dropdown menu.

Notice that there are three data entry fields ‘File Name:’; ‘Files of Type:’; and ‘Open as:’ entries. Notice that the ‘Open as:’ entry has two choices, Auto and Wizard.

Choose Wizard and open the MSI Package.

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You will receive the next dialog which allows you to choose to open the MSI for Direct Editing or Convert the MSI/MSM to an InstallShield project. Now if you did not realize it, when you open a MSI you can change quite a few items, such as System Search Entries, string values, etc. This has been helpful in many situations, but I don’t recommend it due to a lack of auditing capabilities. IT has been a great solution to validate entries, such as to verify whether files are included in the MSI.

Let’s continue – select the Convert option:

The next dialog screen will be prefilled with generic information – as shown here:

You should name it uniquely and set the disk location for the new project to be stored – as I have done:

Selecting Finish will most likely result in a verification dialog, as shown here:

The InstallShield will complete the conversion and it creates a Basic MSI Project, ready for you to finish dressing up:

Depending on what type of Project you started with will depend on the effort to finish the project. For example a Wise created MSI will end up creating a project with non-standard Dialog names and Custom Actions.

Just start at the top and work thru the project, cleaning up as you go:

The nice aspect is the files are extracted from the Binary table and placed in an sub-directory “Files” under the new ISM Project. But it’s much easier than rebuilding an old project from scratch!

Hope this helps!

ShieldMaster

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