Windows sdk orca

Show 1 more comment. Current one is Mount it with Explorer and open the directory Installers. Mamoru Satoh Mamoru Satoh 2, 21 21 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges.

Thanks for the confirmation that the tool is in the modern SDK and has changed name. I've accepted your answer because it does literally answer the questions I posed. But I've written a how-to which is probably a more convenient way for Visual Studio users to actually install Orca, as a separate answer. Your information was key, though.

The mentioned answer is tedious and not really required. Select "MSI Tools" from installer and install it. Matt Matt Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Sign up today to participate, stay informed, earn points and establish a reputation for yourself! Log in. Downloading, installing and using MS Orca.

Posted by:. Don't be a Stranger! Transcripts of previous chats about the Windows Installer are archived for you to read at any time. Search the Knowledge Base. Orca is a GUI. It provides full access to the Windows Installer database tables.

A set of Help files are provided with Orca. To obtain the orca. Although Orca provides access to all features of the Windows Installer, it is not intended to replace a fully featured package-authoring environment. You can contact an independent software vendor about tools to create a Windows Installer package for an application. These tools can provide a package authoring environment that may be easier to use than the tools provided in the Windows Installer SDK.

You can visit non-Microsoft Web sites that provide useful information about the Windows Installer. The following list identifies some of those sites:. Once installed, you can use it to open an MSI and view its contents.

This is especially helpful when researching command line possibilities by reviewing the contents of the Property table. Here you'll see what properties the vendor has established along with their default values. Many are common to most all MSI packages, but some are unique and can offer unique control over how the installation may be controlled. Doing anything fancy here without a good working knowledge of Windows Installer can be a challenge, which is why there is a wide range of MSI editors that offer a graphical, user-friendly view of the information.