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Generating an MSI log is essential for troubleshooting an MSI installation. The following tip can be very helpful in certain cases where you want to handle multiple installations and with a single output.

Here's an extension to the topic "Installing and Loading Excel Addins with WiseScript" that makes this script even more useful.

We can make the script from that tip more generic so it'll work in any version of Office.

You don't have to be an application packager for long before you're asked to create an application that installs silently or, at least, installs without prompting the user for a CD key. Here's one way to pull it off.

As an application packager creating Windows Installer packages, you may notice your .msi files get larger than expected after repeated edits and saves.

Here's a tip that'll put those MSIs on the treadmill and whip them back into shape.

Double-entry accounting is considered a good thing. Double entries in Add/Remove Programs, not so good.

The cause of this behavior may be a result of the previous version being installed per machine and the upgrade was installed per user.

If you're having trouble with your transforms not being applied to an advertised application, this tip could be just what the good doctor ordered. Read on to learn why the transforms property cannot be set using the command line when advertising an application.