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This site is for new users to Wise Solutions' Wise Package Studio to help them get up and running and solve most of their initial questions. This includes how-to install/setup Wise Package Studio, how-to create, edit and modify MSI packages and transforms as well as various not so obvious tricks. For those not in the know, Wise Package Studio (WPS) is a software installation tool for the Windows platform. It is used to create and edit installation packages that have a .MSI file extension which is now the standard packaging format for the Windows platform. (Yes, I could have called the site: “MSI for Dummies”, “WPS for Dummies” or even “Packaging for Dummies” but some people would object.)

When I was new to Wise I was surprised at how little information was out there. The Wise manuals were lite and like the MSI SDK, it assumed that you knew a fair bit about MSI. This is my stab at the problem.

Be warned, however, that I explain things with all the gory details and I assume that you know basic things like how to partition and image hard drives, install Windows and tweak the registry. What I present is what I would consider the best way to do things. Cutting corners will be up to you.

NOTE: To ask for help for your specific application that you are packaging, you should go to Wise's Newsgroups. If I missed a topic that should be covered, however, please let me know.

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