How to install .msi files on Vista.

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• Thanks a lot I've trawled the internet for days and this is the only thing that worked.  Now to try and find out how to clean coca cola from my spacebar cheers!
  
  

• This still dos not work, any other methods?
  
  

• Thank you so much. Great help I was starting to despair that I would not be able to reinstall some programs that I was going to need to use to complete some work for an upcoming work deadline!
  
  Thanks again!
  
  

• thanks for this, i would prob have never thought of it, although it might be worth noting when you copy the command into notepad tp create the batch file, it must all be on 1 line, i.e. disable "wordwrap"
  

• Great help... thanks!
  
  one thing - make sure your MSI file name or foldr does not contain spaces...
  

• Perfect man, IT works! :)) The Vista did it again. It can't recognize a simple .msi file
  

• your you could put quotes around your path for the msi like so
  
  "C:\users\user\desktop\FOLDER WITH SPACES\yay.msi"
  
  and it will run just fine
  

• Thank you very much for this solution. It's a great help. Don't forget to write it in a batch file :)
  

• erm.. sry... could anyone tell me how to do this step by step? coz my IT skill is not very good... thx..
  

• thanks..... this works fine
  

• Thanks but no need to C:\Windows\System32\msiExec.exe -i part only the file name and location is enough
  

• All this is not working. Anyone out there with a real solution?
  

• Thank you so much, i was searching the solution
  for hours . It will help me a lot now, to work
  on my own .
  bye
  

• How to install .msi files on Vista.
  

• Thanks man it worked.
  

• doesn`t work here :(
  

• Thanks that is brilliant !
  

• Hi, Can any one tell me is this works in 2007 too..Thanks
  

• Force the GPO update.
  
  Run in the command prompt:
  
  gpupdate /force
  

• this helped a lot and it worked.
  I got the same output Colin did until I used the .bat file
  thanks