#Native access installer install
#Native access installer Patch
#Native access installer software
#Native access installer windows

#Native access installer windows

There is no redistributable for Windows Installer 5.0. Windows Installer 5.0 is included with, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later releases. This documentation also contains supplemental information for developers who want to use a table editor or a package creation tool to make or maintain an installation. It contains complete descriptions of the application programming interface and elements of the installer database.

It provides general background information about installation packages and the installer service.

#Native access installer software

This documentation is intended for software developers who want to make applications that use Windows Installer. Windows Installer is intended for the development of desktop style applications. The Template Summary property indicates the platform that is compatible with an installation database and in this case should include the value for Windows RT. A Windows Installer package, patch, or transform that has not been signed by Microsoft cannot be installed on Windows RT. Windows Installer 5.0 running on Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 supports the installation of approved apps on Windows RT.

#Native access installer install

The installer provides new capabilities to advertise features without installing them, to install products on demand, and to add user customizations. Windows Installer enables the efficient installation and configuration of your products and applications running on Windows. Setup developers can use Windows Installer 5.0 and Single Package Authoring to develop single installation packages capable of installing an application in either the per-machine or per-user installation context. By Using Services Configuration, Windows Installer 5.0 packages can customize the services on a computer. For more information, see Enumerating Components. The Windows Installer 5.0 service can enumerate all components installed on the computer and obtain the key path for the component. The package can specify a security descriptor that denies permissions, specifies inheritance of permissions from a parent resource, or specifies the permissions of a new account. The installer ensures that all the packages belonging to a multiple-package transaction are installed or none of the packages are installed.īeginning with Windows Installer 5.0, a package can be authored to secure new accounts, Windows Services, files, folders, and registry keys. If all the packages in the transaction cannot be installed successfully, or if the user cancels the installation, the Windows Installer can roll back changes and restore the computer to its original state.

Windows Installer 4.5 and later can install multiple installation packages using transaction processing. Administrators can enumerate across user and install contexts, and manage source lists from an external process. The installer can be used to read, edit, and replace source lists for network, URL, and media sources.

#Native access installer Patch

Accounts with administrator privileges can use the API of Windows Installer 3.0 and later to query and inventory product, feature, component, and patch information. Patches installed with Windows Installer 3.0 or later can be uninstalled in any order to leave the state of the product the same as if the patch was never installed. Patching using Windows Installer 3.0 only updates files affected by the patch and can be significantly faster than earlier installer versions. The installer can apply patches in a specified order regardless of the order that the patches are provided to the system. Windows Installer 3.0 and later, can install multiple patches with a single transaction that integrates installation progress, rollback, and reboots. Installation packages and patches that are created for Windows Installer 2.0 can still be installed by using Windows Installer 3.0 and later. This documentation does not describe versions earlier than Windows Installer 2.0. Not all the capabilities available in later Windows Installer versions are available in earlier versions. This documentation describes Windows Installer 5.0 and earlier versions. For more information, see Platform Support of Advertisement. The installer also enables the advertisement of applications and features according to the operating system. The installer service enables customers to provide better corporate deployment and provides a standard format for component management. Microsoft Windows Installer is an installation and configuration service provided with Windows. This version is included with the OS in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later client and server releases (including Windows 10). Note that there is no redistributable for Windows Installer 5.0.

If you're looking for a redistributable for Windows Installer 4.5 and earlier, see this article. This documentation is intended for software developers who want to use Windows Installer to build installer packages for applications.