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Difference between msiexec and msiexec.exe

Hello,
I want to know if there is difference when you enter msiexec or msiexec.exe in command line? Ifnot what is the difference ?

examples:- msiexec /i "spss.22" /qn
                   
                - msiexec.exe /i "spss22.msi" /qn

Thank you!

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Posted by: SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
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none, but on a x64 machine there are 2 msiexec.exe's one in system32 and one one syswow64 and there is a difference with those

Comments:
  • Thank you SMall.tmcc! So if I enter just msiexec command line for x64 machine it is correct? - moba-junior 9 years ago
    • if you use the commands like you listed in your question by default it will use the 32bit msiexec in syswow64 you want to use c:\windows\system32\msiexec /i app.msi /qn - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
      • the kace client is 32bit so it will default to the 32bit msiexec in syswow64. use the full path to call your exe;s with and you will have less problems. that will work on both 32 and 64 bit machines - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
Posted by: jagadeish 9 years ago
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As mentioned by SMal.tmcc, there is no difference between 

msiexec /i "spss22.msi" /qn and msiexec.exe /i "spss22.msi" /qn

(But, Definitely there is a difference between spss.22 and spss22.msi.. I understand that it is a typo :))

On a computer running 64-bit operating system, the Windows Installer service is hosted in a 64-bit process that installs both 32-bit and 64-bit packages.
 
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