What's new in Less MSIerables 1.10.0
Nov 4, 2021
- Features:
- Decode MSI Stream names (#172) (309f163)
- You can install or upgrade by extracting all files from the zip attached to this release into a single directory or via Chocolatey.
New in Less MSIerables 1.9.0 (Oct 31, 2021)
- Features:
- Add support for Windows Installer Patch (.msp) files (b4db2bb), closes #1
New in Less MSIerables 1.8.3 (Oct 25, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- 'Error copying file' error occured when an an external cab was manually placed into the source directory and the source directory was the same directory as the output directory fixes #169 (83cf1a8)
New in Less MSIerables 1.8.2 (Sep 19, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- Typo in error message when referenced CAB file is not embedded inside of the msi (#168) (ff4944e)
New in Less MSIerables 1.8.1 (Jan 14, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- Properly display FILETIME in the summary view (658bf76)
New in Less MSIerables 1.8.0 (Jan 8, 2021)
- Usability improvements in the GUI application (dc43d69)
New in Less MSIerables 1.7.0 (Oct 13, 2020)
- Improved error message dialog for all errors; updated message for missing external cabs (57b364b).
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.93 (Oct 11, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- chocolatey package iconUrl; update release notes (33cce65), closes #146 #145 #147
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.92 (Oct 11, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- allow extracting to the root of a drive (0f38f8d), closes #133
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.3.0 (Nov 23, 2018)
- This is the same as v1.6.2. The only changes are some metadata changes in the chocolatey package that Chocolatey was complaining about.
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.2.0 (Nov 19, 2018)
- This release contains the following improvements:
- [#86]: The "Lessmsi Explore" Windows Explorer context menu now works on msi files in paths containing spaces (@raphaeldore)
- [#88]: Fixes failure failed extract (NullReferenceException) on a msi with some of the parent directories not listed in the Directory table (@vnau)
- [#96]: Improved readme with Github badges + Donation text (@kauegimenes)
- [#99]: Added progress indicator to command line interface (@Bioruebe)
- [109]: A python wrapper is now available in the /contrib directory (@KOLANICH)
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.1.0 (Aug 24, 2017)
- This release has a fix and a minor new enhancement:
- #84 Didn't release all the necessary file handles and could cause errors like Wixtracts.ExtractFiles keeps msi Record handles open
- #82 You can now enter a path in the "File" textbox on the main GUI screen and press enter and it will open a file browser dialog at the path you entered.
New in Less MSIerables 1.6.0.0 (Aug 24, 2017)
- #80 New! Can now view the embedded OLE Structured Storage Streams inside the msi file. See the new Streams tab.
- #78 Fixes an issue with the putty installer (that may well afflict other wix-created installers) that does not have an accessible _Streams table.
- #79 Changed the ctrl+c/copy to clipboard behavior for tables to copy them as tab-delimited with a header row to make them easier to paste into Excel.
New in Less MSIerables 1.5.1.0 (Aug 24, 2017)
- Fixes:
- #55 Fix for using lessmsi x in powershell
- #73 choco fix for upcoming checksum requirement (chocolately package now has zip as embedded resource so that no download is necessary).
- #74 AppVeyor build failing with "CPack generator not specified"
New in Less MSIerables 1.5.0.0 (Aug 24, 2017)
- Fixes #70 where extracting to the root of the drive caused an exception.
New in Less MSIerables 1.4.0.0 (Nov 7, 2015)
- Adds support for Windows 10
- Now all binaries require .NET Framework v4.0 or greater
- Fixes for the Windows Explorer integration (when you right-click on a .msi file in Windows Explorer)
New in Less MSIerables 1.3.0.0 (Oct 26, 2015)
- Fixes issue #49 which was caused by a weird Cabinet field in the Media table.
- Fixes issue #46 thanks to @AGBrown
- Can be used on Mac OS X with WineBottler. See Readme. Thanks to @jgstew for that!
New in Less MSIerables 1.2.0.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- This release adds a search panel to the file view. Press Ctrl+F to use this wonderful new feature!
- Misc minor fixes.
- We're also switching to the semantic versioning scheme.
New in Less MSIerables 1.1.7.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- The big changes here are that the old lessmsi.exe is now only a thin wrapper around lessmsi.core.dll which contains the logic and lessmsi-gui.exe contains the GUI application. This should make the core logic more reusable for others such as @0install.
New in Less MSIerables 1.1.6.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- Most users won't care about this release. However, if you are trying to create a chocolatey package that depends on lessmsi, it will be relevant to you.
New in Less MSIerables 1.1.5.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- This release resolves issue #4 by adding support for msi files with external cabs.
New in Less MSIerables 1.1.4.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- This release contains minor updates. Specifically the following issues are resolved:
- The chocolatey package now uses github release binary for downloads.
- Adds the "Component" information to the extract files grid.
New in Less MSIerables 1.1.3.0 (Nov 19, 2014)
- You can now drag & drop .msi files onto the dialog and it will open them.
- The list of tables in the Table View tab now only lists tables that actually exist in the currently loaded msi.