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ARPREADME Property

The ARPREADME property provides the Add or Remove Programs Control Panel ReadMe for the application that is written under the Uninstall Registry Key. This property can by set by the command line or a transform.

Requirements

VersionWindows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. See the Windows Installer Run-Time Requirements for information about the minimum Microsoft Windows service pack that is required by a Windows Installer version.

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Build date: 6/25/2009

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unspecific information      docschnipp   |   Edit   |   Show History
Unfortunately this documentation does not specify if the "readme" is a text or a link to a text file or the identifier to a binary within the MSI containing the readme text (possibly as rtf).
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It appears to be a path to a readme file      chaiguy1337   |   Edit   |   Show History
Looking in the actual Add/Remove programs (or rather, the Programs and Features in Vista) dialog, with the Readme column enabled, it does appear to be a path to a readme file. Given this, it's actually pretty useless, because there doesn't appear to even be a link or any way to so much as copy the string to open it. So unless you want to go rooting through directories by hand, I don't see the point.
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