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Windows Installer Versions

Windows Installer Versions

Summary

A list of Windows Installer Versions and the Operating Systems they were released with or for.

Synopsis


This article will discuss the Windows Installer Versions dating back to Windows XP SP3, and when they were released.

Discussion



The following table shows the Windows Installer Release Name, version and description of how it was released.
ReleaseVersionDescription
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 4.04.0.6001.18000Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008.
Windows Installer 4.54.5.6002.18005Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack (SP2.)
Windows Installer 4.54.5.6000.20817Released as a redistributable for Windows Vista.
Windows Installer 4.54.5.6001.22162Released as a redistributable for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
Windows Installer 4.54.5.6001.22159Released as a redistributable for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later, and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and later.
Windows Installer 5.05.0.7600.16385 or greaterReleased with Windows Server 2008 R2 and later and Windows 7 and later.

Whilst not shown in this table, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 come with Windows Installer 5.0



Additional Information


The above information was taken from Microsoft's MSDN site, the full details of which can be viewed here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371185%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Whats new in Windows Installer 5.0:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372796(v=vs.85).aspx

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