Microsoft Windows Installer installation package
File type: Email attachment blocked file, Program executable file
Files with msi extension are commonly used for Microsoft Installation packages used by most Windows based programs. If you open msi file in Windows, the installation procedure will commence.
Found 3 different file type records with the same msi filename suffix.
File type category:
Email attachment blocked file
Program executable file
Date updated: December 30, 2024
File extension msi is commonly related to Microsoft Windows Installer service.
A .msi file contains program installation package for quick and flawless installation on Windows platform.
These files contains all of the information that the Windows Installer requires to install or uninstall an application or product and to run the setup user interface.
Each such installation package includes an msi file, containing an installation database, a summary information stream, and data streams for various parts of the installation. They can also contain one or more transforms, internal source files, and external source files or cabinet files required by the installation.
MIME types:
application/x-ole-storage
text/mspg-legacyinfo
MSI packages are automatically detected by Microsoft Windows Installer service and opening them results in launching the program installation process.
In older versions of Windows, Microsoft Windows Installer service is not installed and must be downloaded from Internet.
There is probably no real way how you can convert this particular file type to anything else.
Windows Installer (Microsoft Windows)
Windows Installer XML (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
Windows Installer (Microsoft Windows)
Windows Installer XML (Microsoft Windows)
MSI WRAPPER (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 6, 2018
The msi file extension is also associated with the Cerius2, a discontinued chemical modeling software developed by Accelrys Software Inc.
This type of msi files contains various data and resources used for internal purposes of the program.
This file type is not meant to be opened directly by the user.
A conversion of this file type is highly unlikely.
Cerius2 (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: November 28, 2018
The msi file extension is also used in the TruNEST software for its default nesting data format.
TruNEST is a fully integrated nesting system used worldwide developed by the Magestic Systems Inc.
TruNEST (Microsoft Windows)
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