About The Context.msi File - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface
Working With Repackager Projects
9. Select the options that you want to use, as described in
10. Select Repackaged Output on the View List. The Repackaged Output View opens.
11. Click the Build button. The build process begins, and its progress is reported in the output window.
When the build process is complete, a
to the build log file is provided, and the location of the
Output file: C:\1516261\WinZip.msi

About the Context.msi File

When some Windows Installer packages are repackaged, some of their data (such as files or registry entries) are
excluded according to the normal Repackager exclusion settings. For example, files destined for the
\Windows\Installer
order to successfully convert a Windows Installer package to a virtual package.
To address this issue, when Repackager builds a Windows Installer package, it now produces two
packagename.msi
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folder are typically excluded. However, this type of information is occasionally necessary in
and
packagename.context.msi
Configuring Advanced Conversion
message appears in the output window, a link
Conversion completed
file is listed. For example:
.msi
.
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Options.
files:
.msi