Looking for Plugin(s) for installer files (MSI, Inno, InstallShield, ...)

[Bitshu]

Plugin(s) for installer files


Hi,

I am looking to extend Total Commander functionality with one or more plugins that can deal with installer software like; MSI, Inno Setup and InstallShield.

Can you guys point me in the right direction?


Kind regards,
Bitshu




Hello and welcome. Please remember rule 9): Use a subject that describes the content of your post.

 

[Horst.Epp]

For MSI I have installed decTC32Host
viewtopic.php?t=40680
With its setup I made a x64 version of the MSI plus x86 plugin Version: 0.6.0.1
This runs fine for me.

[ZoSTeR]

For InnoSetup see this thread: InnoSetup MultiArc Addon

For most other installers or packers use Total7zip

There are some InstallShield Cab variants where no unpacker is available, as far as I know.

[Fla$her]

Total Observer
- MSI, Install Shield and many more packages.

[ter]

Please share your settings for packer plugins

When TotalObserver is installed, it doesn't see MSI files by default, probably total7zip intercepts this.
When using total7zip, files inside MSI archive may have wrong file names.
In INI file, MSI is not listed for total7zip.

Why many plugins are listed as associated extensions,
7z=735,Plugins\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx
but TotalObserveris listed without extension as
TotalObserver=68,%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wcx\TotalObserver\TotalObserver.wcx

[Dalai]

2ter
The 735 tells TC that the (Total7zip) plugin will detect the archive based on its contents. Since 7zip can work with MSI files it will be used. There are two ways to avoid that:

• Subtract 64 from the 735, i.e. use 671, to disable the archive detection based on contents. You may need to define each archive type manually when doing this, e.g. 7z, wim, rpm and so on. You can find more information on the packer plugin flags in TC help, section 4.b, part 3, wincmd.ini section [packerplugins].
• List the other packer plugin (TotalObserver) before the Total7zip plugin. Not sure if this works though because I don't know if packer plugins are ordered like Lister and Content plugins.