Help in opening .tmp files
There is Vendor MSI in which one custom action is executed from the BINARY table file.
What I found the file is a .tmp file(size is 30mb) which copies to %temp% folder and it executes directly from .tmp file without creating any temp directory and executing the exe from there.
.tmp file is a UI based installation and not supporting silent installation .....
Please help in resolving the issue.
Any idea how to open .tmp files ????
What I found the file is a .tmp file(size is 30mb) which copies to %temp% folder and it executes directly from .tmp file without creating any temp directory and executing the exe from there.
.tmp file is a UI based installation and not supporting silent installation .....
Please help in resolving the issue.
Any idea how to open .tmp files ????
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
13 years ago
What happens if you run the MSI with one of the silent switches, e.g. /QN
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
13 years ago
This is from a vendor?!?
Well, first I'd send them a rather dismissive note about their useless installation. Secondly, if you want a silent installation, you're going to have to capture this one to a new MSI.
Well, first I'd send them a rather dismissive note about their useless installation. Secondly, if you want a silent installation, you're going to have to capture this one to a new MSI.
Posted by:
mekaywe
13 years ago
why not move the CA to Execute Immediate to make it install silently. :)
Posted by:
pjgeutjens
13 years ago
long shot, but have you tried simply renaming the .tmp file to .exe and then running it?
Posted by:
rvrajendra
13 years ago
Thanks Pjgeutjens..
Tried renaming the .tmp file to .exe file.....got it..now I can take setup capture of that.
1 question..any idea why the vendor had named the exe as .tmp file
Tried renaming the .tmp file to .exe file.....got it..now I can take setup capture of that.
1 question..any idea why the vendor had named the exe as .tmp file
Posted by:
pjgeutjens
13 years ago
1 question..any idea why the vendor had named the exe as .tmp file
reasons that come to mind are
1) stupidity
2) trying to be 'obscure'
3) job protection
To be completely honest, this tmp.-file is actually the default way of Windows Installer to extract binaries that get executed by custom actions, but it's still a pretty roundabout and obfuscated way of going about it all imo...
anyway, now that you have the exe, you might want to experiment with possible command line parameters for a silent install, I'd suggest starting with a /?
PJ
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