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Repackager then launches and opens the Repackager project file (

Continue with the instructions in

Repackaging an InstallScript MSI Setup to a Basic MSI

InstallScript MSI installations use a Windows Installer database for storage of all file/registry information, but the

actual user interface, and much of the installation logic is driven by the InstallScript engine via a

type of installation architecture can cause difficulties during deployment, such as:

inability to customize or transform the application

inability to perform conflict detection

inability to suppress the user interface

difficulty patching or upgrading the application

Also, if an InstallScript MSI installation is repackaged using traditional methods (OS Snapshot or Installation

Monitoring), significant platform-specific or custom installation, maintenance, and uninstallation logic, and user

interface information is lost because those methods only record the installation activities for the specific platform

used during repackaging.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use InstallScript Scan to convert an InstallScript MSI installation to a Basic

MSI package with InstallScript support. InstallScript Scan preserves the original components and much of the

InstallScript installation logic, architecture, and maintainability of the original installation package.

If you want to convert an InstallScript MSI package to a Basic MSI package that preserves the InstallScript

installation logic, and you are using the Snapshot method, you must select Single Step rather than Multiple Steps. If

you select Multiple Steps, the InstallScript installation logic will not be preserved.

To convert an InstallScript MSI Setup to a Basic MSI Setup with InstallScript support:

Launch the Repackaging Wizard from Repackager. The Welcome Panel opens.

Click Next. The Method Selection Panel opens.

Select a repackaging method: Installation Monitoring or Snapshot.

Click Next. If you selected Snapshot on the Method Selection Panel, the Snapshot Method Panel

appears. (If you selected Installation Monitoring, skip to Step 6.)

Select Single Step and click Next. The Collect Product Information Panel opens.

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