Browsing MSP filles
Browsing MSP filles
HI unlike MSI archives some but not all MSP archives can't be handled by FAR default. Is there some plugin or external program that could list a content of MSP file?
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
If you can read Russian, please see discussion in the Observer plugin's thread.
In short, MSP files contain kind of specialized patches which are meaningful only given the „parent” MSI/MSM package.
In short, MSP files contain kind of specialized patches which are meaningful only given the „parent” MSI/MSM package.
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
I have Observer but as I know it doesnot handle all MSP files. And I'm sure these non-browsable still contain a real installation files (500MB and bigger).
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Do you have a decent (in terms of size) sample MSP file (a link to) which you can submit at the Observer thread for the plugin's author to have a look at?
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
A sample of nonbrowseable MSP is here:
I can provide more files but probably anybody can find enough MSP files in C:\Windows\Installer.
The browseable MSPs are identified as CAB archive, don't know if handled by Observer or MultiArc anyway...
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http://www.mediafire.com/?lf3y8ppm70mcwfe
The browseable MSPs are identified as CAB archive, don't know if handled by Observer or MultiArc anyway...
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
Anakunda
I'm not going to solve your problem for you. Please read my previous message more attentively:
1. I suggest you to submit a browseable file at the Observer's thread, not here (for it to be read by the plugin's author).
2. The file has (a) to be of moderate size and (b) to contain packaged files (as opposed to obscure data patches).
I'm not going to solve your problem for you. Please read my previous message more attentively:
1. I suggest you to submit a browseable file at the Observer's thread, not here (for it to be read by the plugin's author).
2. The file has (a) to be of moderate size and (b) to contain packaged files (as opposed to obscure data patches).
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Most plugin authors can read English so please feel free to post in plugins discussion threads in English.Anakunda wrote:Ok, I can't post on rusian forum.
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
I've had a look at the file — it's an MS Compound Storage file browsable even by 7-Zip-based plugins. Among others, it contains a stream (file) named PATCH_CAB which is a valid CAB archive containing 4 files.Anakunda wrote:A sample of nonbrowseable MSP is here
Obviously it's not a type of file one would need Observer for. Do you have MSPs that do contain whole files not extractable by known plugins?
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
Interseting. I can`t enter the package with FAR using PgDn and ArcLite plugin + Observer plugin. I can't even enter with FAR using MultiArc + ArcLite + Observer.
I only can enter by F11 + ArcLite + Open archive.
I have tested all msp files successfully with Arc\Lite. So ArcLite is eclipsed by another plugin. So now how to priorize ArcLite when opening MSP files.
I only can enter by F11 + ArcLite + Open archive.
I have tested all msp files successfully with Arc\Lite. So ArcLite is eclipsed by another plugin. So now how to priorize ArcLite when opening MSP files.
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Re: Browsing MSP filles
Observer doesn't open MSP files at all. Even if they contain CAB file they can not be used for installation. The main reason is that proper file tree data is contained in parent MSI file. MSP just doesn't have that info, it references files by unique id which can be resolved only by reading parent file. So if you want to open that CAB anyway you should use Arclite. It can extract CAB from compound document (which MSP is).Anakunda wrote:I have Observer but as I know it doesnot handle all MSP files. And I'm sure these non-browsable still contain a real installation files (500MB and bigger).
Plugins are processed based on alphabetical order of their dll names.Anakunda wrote:So now how to priorize ArcLite when opening MSP files.