extract files from an MSI file

To extract files from an MSI package, run this in a command prompt:

msiexec /a setup.msi /qb targetdir=c:\target_dir

  • setup.msi is the MSI to extract
  • target_dir is the place to expand the extracted files. If the directory does not exist, it will be created.
    • Happy hacking!

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