A. MSI files are Microsoft's new software installation package format and will allow applications to be published to a domain, site or group in Windows 2000 and also allow the application to self-repair.
If when double clicking a MSI file it asks for an application to run under, its default association has been lost so perform the following to fix:
- Start a command prompt (Start - Run - cmd.exe)
- Type the command:
C:\> <b>ftype Msi.Package</b>
If the response is<font color="#000080">Msi.Package="%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1"</font>
then continue to the next step. If it is not found typeC:\> <b>ftype Msi.Package="%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1"<br></b>
Continue to the next step - Type the command:
C:\> <b>assoc .msi</b>
If the response is<font color="#000080">.msi=Msi.Package</font>
then check the %systemroot%\system32 folder for the msiexec.exe file and replace if missing.
If there is no association (the most normal problem) type:C:\> <b>assoc .msi=Msi.Package</b>
- Close the command prompt
- Retry double clicking on a MSI file
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