Repackage on Any Machine – Connect to a target computer to monitor the files and settings legacy application installers have changed and capture them in an MSI, automating future installs.
Comprehensive MSI Editor – Use an intuitive graphical interface to change installation preferences. A tree view displays components and features, allowing easy drag and drop of resource items.
Advanced Testing – Test for conflicts with other applications and use Zero-Touch Testing to simulate and resolve problems before you deploy.
System Center Integration – Pass MSI packages to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and automatically add package details to the management database.
Conflict Testing – Quickly identify and resolve conflicts between applications in your environment, ensuring applications work well together. Add a repository for storing MSI packages to enable easy reporting on where each package might conflict with others.
Zero-Touch Testing – Easily create a special MSI package that simulates the effect of the application installer on the target computer, without making actual changes.
Wizard-driven Tasks – Walk through many of the most common MSI management tasks with an easy-to-use Wizard.
MSI Package Comparison – View the difference between two MSI files by viewing the changes in the table view with color-coded rows or by exporting the differences to a text file.
Legacy Application Support – Monitor changes from a legacy application installer and create a well structured MSI.
Custom Projects – Create any type of custom action and add it to your sequence with the Custom Action wizard. Easily set the processing type, execution and scheduling.
Project Component Undelete – Reintroduce any deleted rows with MSI Studio’s recycle bin.
COM Management – Convert registry table entries to COM table entries and back to registry tables. Extract COM entries from the files in your project and add them to the registry table.
Modular Architecture Design – Create merge modules from files in your project. Once stored as modules, you can search for merge modules to add to new projects.
CAB Extraction – Easily extract .cab files and their contents from within MSI files.
Validation Options – Validate projects (ICE or MCE) and display errors in the output window.
Self-Extracting Bootstrapped Executables – Create a self-extracting bootstrapped executable for your MSI. Check and install the Windows installer runtimes from the bootstrapper.