Released Versions of Windows Installer

The table in this topic identifies the released versions of the Windows Installer. For more information, see Operating System Property Values.

ReleaseVersionDescription
Windows Installer 2.02.0.2600.0Released with Windows XP.
Windows Installer 2.0 2.0.2600.1Released with Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Windows Installer 2.0 2.0.2600.1183Released with Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 (SP4).
Windows Installer 2.0 2.0.2600.2Released as a redistributable.
Windows Installer 2.0 2.0.2600.1106Released with Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Windows Installer 2.0 2.0.3790.0 Released with Windows Server 2003.
Windows Installer 3.03.0.3790.2180Released with Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). Released as a redistributable.
Windows Installer 3.13.1.4000.1823Released as a redistributable. This version is has the same functionality as version 3.1.4000.2435.
Windows Installer 3.13.1.4000.1830Released with Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Update this version to version 3.1.4000.2435 to address the issue discussed in KB898628.
Windows Installer 3.13.1.4000.3959Released with Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Windows Installer 3.13.1.4000.2435Released with a fix to address the issue discussed in KB898628. This is the latest version of Windows Installer 3.1.
Windows Installer 3.13.1.4001.5512Released with Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Windows Installer 4.04.0.6000.16386Released with Windows Vista.
Windows Installer 4.0 4.0.6001.18000Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008.
Windows Installer 4.5 4.5.6002.18005Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack (SP2.)
Windows Installer 4.5 4.5.6000.20817 Released as a redistributable for Windows Vista.
Windows Installer 4.5 4.5.6001.22162 Released as a redistributable for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
Windows Installer 4.5 4.5.6001.22159 Released as a redistributable for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later, and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and later.

 

Windows Installer 5.0 will be released with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

For information about how to determine the Windows Installer version, see Determining the Windows Installer Version.

For a list of changes in each of the Windows Installer versions, see What's New in Windows Installer.

For information about obtaining the latest Windows Installer redistributable, see Windows Installer Redistributables.

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1206cleveland
MSI 3.1 Hotfix released 5/22/07

On May 22, 2007 hot fixes for MSI 3.1 were released under Microsoft Security Advisory 927891 (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371185.aspx). Also see KB article 927891 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891). The hot fixes update the MSI 3.1 files as indicated below. 3.1.4000.4033

Windows 2000
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4033


Windows XP, 32-bit versions
Msi31.dll 3.1.4000.4039
Msi31.dll 3.1.4000.4039


Windows XP, 64-bit versions
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)


Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042


Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)


Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (IA-64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)
Msi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (IA-64)
Wmsi.dll 3.1.4000.4042 (x86)


1206cleveland
MSI 3.1 on Windows XP sp3 4/14/2008
On 5/27/2008, after applying Service Pack 3 and subsequent updates to a fresh install of Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, the following files and information were found in %windir%\system32 with the respective file versions and dates modified.

msi.dll 3.1.4001.5512 4/14/2008 5:42 AM
msiexec.exe 3.1.4001.5512 4/14/2008 5:42 AM
msihnd.dll 3.1.4001.5512 4/14/2008 5:42 AM
msimsg.dll 3.1.4001.5512 4/13/2008 9:09 PM
msisip.dll 3.1.4001.5512 4/14/2008 5:42 AM

Stanley Roark
Windows Installer 4.5 in Vista SP2 and Windows 2008 SP1
Per TechNet article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335033.aspx, Windows Installer 4.5 ships in Vista SP2 and Windows 2008 SP1.
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Ananda Ganesh
Windows Installer 5.0 for Windows 7

Per MSDN and per Installer Team blog . Windows 7 ships with Windows Installer 5.0

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408114(VS.85).aspx




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