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MEDIAPACKAGEPATH property

Applies to: desktop apps only

If the installation package shipping with an application is not at the root of the CD-ROM that customers receive, the MEDIAPACKAGEPATH property must be set on the command line to the relative path of the application on the CD-ROM.

For example, if the path to the package on the media is E:\MyPath\My.msi, then use MEDIAPACKAGEPATH="\MyPath\".

Administrators may create CD-ROMs from an administrative installation point. If the location of the root of the installation is changed on the new CD-ROMs, the MEDIAPACKAGEPATH property must be set to the new path to install from this media. A source with a location on the CD-ROM different than what is specified in the package is unusable. It is not necessary, however, to use this property when creating an administrative installation point from shipping media.

Requirements

Version

Windows 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 Windows service pack that is required by a Windows Installer version.

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Build date: 2/3/2012

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The version requirement above is not clear at all:

Which version of Windows Installer supports this property on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows 2000 ?

According to the Acresso community forums, this property does not seem to work at on most versions of Windows Installer. Is that correct?