如何制作仅包装EXE文件的MSI [英] How to make an MSI that simply wraps an EXE file

问题描述

经过太多的实验，我得出的结论是Windows Installer只是一项糟糕的技术.但是客户想要MSI文件.

After way too many experiments, I've come to the conclusion that Windows Installer is simply bad technology. But the customers want MSI files.

那么，如何创建一个将EXE文件提取到临时目录并使用与传递给EXE文件相同或相似的选项运行它的MSI文件?

So, how can I create an MSI file that extracts an EXE file to a temporary directory and runs it with options same or similar as were passed to the EXE file?

在 Msiexec(命令行选项)中解释了MSI的选项) (MSI的低级运行"是msiexec选项package.msi).

Options to an MSI are explained in Msiexec (command-line options) (low level "run" of an MSI is msiexec option package.msi).

mjmarsh的WiX解决方案看起来很有效.我只是还没有机会尝试(锻炼时间).如果可行，我会接受.

mjmarsh's WiX solution looks like it works. I just haven't had a chance to try it yet (crunch time). If it works, I'll be accepting it.

它不起作用.遗失的物品:有人值守/无人值守似乎不可用.

it does not work. Missing piece: attended/unattended does not seem to be available.

无论如何，唯一可以使这项工作奏效的是自定义操作，以杀死其父进程！

Anyway, the only to make this work at all would be for the custom action to kill its parent process!

因此有人发布了进一步的答案，将整个内容包装为安装后的自定义操作.从理论上讲是可能的，但是由于可能需要重新启动(感谢MS for .NET 4有时需要重新启动)，因此我们必须进行进一步的黑客攻击.因此，从优势矩阵来看:

So somebody posted as a further answer wrapping the whole thing as a post-install custom action. Theoretically possible but since a reboot may be required (thanks MS for .NET 4 requiring a reboot sometimes) we have to do further hackery. So from the matrix of advantages:

Transparency: No. One big custom action.
Customizability: No.
Standardization: No. 
Management and reporting: No. Appears to work but will not.
Security: No benefit.
Validation: No. The hackery required to survive reboot makes this sure to not work.
Resiliency: Completely defeated.
Rollback: No. Rollback didn't work when we were using MSI anyway.
Patching & Updates: No. We have a local solution anyway.
Logging: No. Appears to work but will not.

没有意义.

推荐答案

添加到 weir's 答案中，如下所示更改 custom action属性:

Adding to weir's answer, change the custom action attribute like below:

<!--Run Action-->
    <CustomAction Id="RunWrappedExe"
                  Return="asyncNoWait"
                  FileKey="ApplicationFileId"
                  Execute="deferred"
                  ExeCommand=""
                  HideTarget="no"
                  Impersonate="yes"/>

设置 Return = asyncNoWai 不会等待 exe 返回.安装程序完成工作并正常关闭.同时， exe 继续执行.

Setting Return=asyncNoWai does not wait for the exe to return. The installer does it's job and closes normally. Meanwhile, the exe continous its execution.

-Madhuresh

-Madhuresh

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