Nmeage_installer.msi

Prompt before restarting option. Displays a message that a restart is required to complete the installation and asks the user whether to restart the system now. Log option.

Writes logging information into a log file at the specified existing path. The path to the log file location must already exist. The installer does not create the directory structure for the logfile.

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Contents Exit focus mode. Privacy policy. The Microsoft Message Analyzer tool has been retired. We are leaving this page available for those who have downloaded the tool previously. Installing Message Analyzer for the First Time On this site, you will find details, new system requirements, brief installation instructions, and related resources such as Known Issues documentation and the Microsoft Message Analyzer Operating Guide in. The Microsoft Message Analyzer release is available for installation in bit and bit versions.

Installation requirements are listed in the table below for convenience. If you intend to perform long captures or load large traces, it is recommended that you use a bit computer. Also, given that some Message Analyzer operations are CPU intensive, for example when filtering is combined with parsing, it is recommended that you use a dual-core processor for best performance.

If this impacts an application, you may have to restart it. Otherwise, there is a possibility that you might have to restart your computer. However, for all other supported down-level computers, such as Windows 8, the WFP message provider is installed with the Message Analyzer.

Since the WFP provider is native to the Windows 10 operating system, you will not have to install any additional software to capture such traffic. Upgrading an Existing Message Analyzer Installation If you already have a Message Analyzer installation in place and you want to upgrade to the latest product version, read the Warning below and then proceed to Upgrading Message Analyzer. If you have Message Analyzer v1. Moreover, if you happen to have a Message Analyzer beta version installed, you will need to manually remove it prior to upgrading Message Analyzer.

When performing an uninstall in this case from Programs and Features in Control Panel , you will also lose the aforementioned assets that you have created. Therefore, before you upgrade or manually uninstall a beta version of Message Analyzer, see Preserving User Created Assets Prior to Message Analyzer Installation to learn how to avoid the loss of user data.

You may need to reinstall Message Analyzer, or you might simply want to upgrade to the latest Message Analyzer version to take advantage of recent changes and improvements. When you perform the Message Analyzer upgrade, you have the option to allow the Message Analyzer installer to detect your existing Message Analyzer v1. However, you also have the option to perform a clean installation by manually uninstalling your existing version from Programs and Features in Control Panel before you run the Microsoft installer..

Also, you will definitely need to perform a clean installation if your existing Message Analyzer installation is a beta version, in which case the Microsoft Message Analyzer installer does not provide the Upgrade option. For this reason, you must be sure to manually uninstall your Message Analyzer beta version in the previously indicated manner prior to reinstalling. The Windows Installer does not handle dependencies between various products simultaneously. The logical structure of packages consists of the following elements:.

Table of Content. What is an MSI file? The logical structure of packages consists of the following elements: Products : A single, installed, working program or set of multiple programs combined together is a product. A product is identified by a unique GUID. Features : May contain any number of components and other sub-features.