EMCO MSI Package Builder Professional

Windows installer is software which assists the installation, modification or removal of an application in the Windows operating system. The installer package is created in a certain format of which .msi is one of the commonly used one. But the development of .msi extension installer package may be a tedious procedure if you go by conventional means, as it requires some in-depth programming skills. There`s a number of programs which provide solutions for easier functionality in the creation, modification or conversion of these packages, with one such software being EMCO MSI Package Builder Professional v.4.4.7.

EMCO MSI Package Builder Professional v.4.4.7 is by EMCO Software is a shareware professional tool for swiftly creating the MSI package installer files and installing them remotely. These installer packages can be silently installed on the remote computers through the group policy in the domain. The program uses a simplified interface which shows everything in a tree index format and with the help of the tabs and options given in the toolbars, the msi files can be handled smoothly. The main drawback of the EXE installer file is that it can not be directly installed on a remote computer for which this program provides a simple conversion utility for converting EXE installer package to MSI. With this application, you can either create an msi file directly by adding the files and registry entries and packing them manually in the visual editor, or you can simply use its live system monitoring capabilities for automated creation of these installer files where the program will record all the monitored system activities and any changes can be made in the visual editor which displays all the monitored data.

To conclude with, EMCO MSI Package Builder Professional v.4.4.7 is an application made for the professional use and all the tasks can be done with the help of a single visual editor. Hence it gets a score of four rating points out of five.

This application allows you to create MSI packages manually using a visual editor or automatically using the capturing technology. Both approaches are easy-to-use and don't require any special training, so you can successfully use the application even if you don't have experience in installation creation.
An easy visual editor allows you to configure installation projects and specify file system, registry and other resources that should be changed in scope of installation. Using an intuitive interface you can specify required installation resources and define actions that should be performed with them during an installation. When an installation project is ready the application can generate an MSI package for it automatically.
The application can be also used for repackaging of existing installations to silent MSI packages that are ready for remote deployment. You can convert EXE installations that aren't designed for silent installation to silent MSI packages automatically using a changes capturing technology. It is able to tract file system and registry changes performed during deployment of original installation. Captured changes are used to generate a silent MSI package that makes same changes as the original installation. In order to repackage EXE installation to MSI you only need to activate capturing and perform deployment of original installation. The application will detect changes and generate MSI package for you automatically.