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Downloads:

502,575

Downloads of v 1.4:

27,310

Last Update:

06 Nov 2015

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Scott Willeke

Tags:

msi extract extraction install

LessMSI

This is not the latest version of LessMSI available.

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1.4 | Updated: 06 Nov 2015

Downloads:

502,575

Downloads of v 1.4:

27,310

Software Author(s):

  • Scott Willeke

LessMSI 1.4

This is not the latest version of LessMSI available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Scott Willeke. The inclusion of Scott Willeke trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Scott Willeke goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install LessMSI, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade LessMSI, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall LessMSI, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade lessmsi -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.4'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade lessmsi -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.4'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install lessmsi
  win_chocolatey:
    name: lessmsi
    version: '1.4'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'lessmsi' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.4'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller lessmsi
{
    Name     = "lessmsi"
    Version  = "1.4"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'lessmsi':
  ensure   => '1.4',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 06 Nov 2015.

Description

LessMSI is a utility with a graphical user interface and a command line interface that can be used to view and extract the contents of an MSI file. For Windows.
Usage on the command line: lessmsi x msiFileName [outDir]


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1

try {
	
	$theFile = Join-Path $(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) "AddWindowsExplorerShortcut.exe.ignore"
	Write-Host "Creating " $theFile
	New-Item $theFile -type file

	Install-ChocolateyZipPackage 'LessMsi' 'https://github.com/activescott/lessmsi/releases/download/v1.4/lessmsi-v1.4.zip' "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

	Write-ChocolateySuccess 'lessmsi'

} catch {
	Write-ChocolateyFailure 'lessmsi' $($_.Exception.Message)
	throw 
}

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
LessMSI 2.1.1 7235 Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 2.1.0 469 Friday, July 12, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 2.0.1 5209 Monday, May 6, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 2.0.0 263 Sunday, May 5, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 1.11.3 47 Friday, May 3, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 1.11.2 44 Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 1.11.1 1012 Monday, April 22, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 1.11.0 1300 Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Approved
LessMSI 1.10.0 90975 Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.9.0 1020 Sunday, October 31, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.8.3 1792 Monday, October 25, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.8.2 2040 Sunday, September 19, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.8.1 41474 Thursday, January 14, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.8.0 1498 Friday, January 8, 2021 Approved
LessMSI 1.7.0 14417 Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.93 646 Sunday, October 11, 2020 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.91 86466 Monday, July 1, 2019 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.3 48576 Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.2 250 Friday, November 23, 2018 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.1 87001 Thursday, April 13, 2017 Approved
LessMSI 1.6.0 3602 Monday, March 13, 2017 Approved
LessMSI 1.5.1 7435 Monday, December 5, 2016 Approved
LessMSI 1.5 477 Monday, December 5, 2016 Approved
LessMSI 1.4 27310 Friday, November 6, 2015 Approved
LessMSI 1.3 29986 Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Approved
LessMSI 1.2.0 2223 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.7 16760 Sunday, March 2, 2014 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.6 1176 Sunday, January 19, 2014 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.5.20140118 12549 Saturday, January 18, 2014 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.5 1308 Saturday, December 7, 2013 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.4 601 Monday, November 25, 2013 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.3 766 Thursday, August 1, 2013 Approved
LessMSI 1.1.1 779 Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Approved
LessMSI 1.0.9 744 Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Approved
LessMSI 1.0.8.20120225 950 Saturday, February 25, 2012 Approved
LessMSI 1.0.8 756 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
LessMSI 1.0.7 637 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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  • This discussion is only about LessMSI and the LessMSI package. If you have feedback for Chocolatey, please contact the Google Group.
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