

Simply putting the MSI file on the file share – but in the case of large MSI packages, beingĪble to directly access selected files might speed up the installation process. If the MSI is only a few MB in size, serving the extracted files might provide little advantage over Repairs, and reinstalls of the respective package without having to download the entire MSI over the network. During an administrative installation, msiexec extracts all files embedded in the MSI files,īut does not apply any configuration changes that a regular installation would apply.Īn administrative installation can serve multiple purposes,īy serving the extracted files on a network share, client computers can perform installs, When you install an MSI package, you can tell msiexec to perform an administrative installation instead of a regular If you're looking for an alternative, take a look at Remote Desktop Connection Manager in March 2020.
