Help embed a MSP in a MSI

[ricktendo64]

Any MSI editing experts out there how to embed and apply a MSP file in a MSI installer using the Patch and/or PatchPackage tables?



I will use it in my .NET4 WUFix to silence KB2468871, I can manually install it or apply the patch using this command line but would prefer to embed the MSP

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<installer>.msi /update <path>\<patch>.msp

Here is the patch stub I created for KB2468871 using the tutorial by yumeyao, would greatly appreciate the help

http://www.mediafire.com/?knbirti54nrgxr7

[yumeyao]

By this way only one msp could be embedded. Not any more.

[ricktendo64]

Hey yy is there any way to embed the MSP as a binary then call it via the cmdline?

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<msi_name>.msi /update [msp.binary.property]

[yumeyao]

Sorry for late reply.

1.
I don't think that's possible. You have to extract the msp files first.

2.
Even if it's possible, only one msp can be specified.

3.
I don't think it's possible to run another MSI process (barely the msp) when one msi process (the installation msi) is running.

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I don't think the vb way is problematic, I think the msp stub way itself(I use) causes various of issues on further updates. Because msp is totally messed up, even the 'official' ones. I can't figure out a way to create an 100% compatible msp as the offcial one.

Trust me, I have tried a lot of other possible ways before I started using the vbscript way.

[MichaelPeerm]

I
I would like to edit a msp file patch for change the product code.

Is it possible to do such a thing ?

Regards

Laurent

[mooms]

Wow, resurrecting a 6½ years old thread !

[ricktendo64]

Yes its possible, but start a new topic.