A program that can view/extract file from a EXE installer 2

[swashbuckler]

I have a huge exe file, that's a Wise Installation Wizard. I don't want to install it. But I do need a file from the EXE. Is there a way to browse this EXE installer file, kind of like WinISO can browse and extract files from .BIN/.ISO files..?

 

[gpalmer711]

Wise installer packages have several command line switches available, one of them is the /x switch. This extracts all of the files from the package.

Use the following command

filename.exe /x Path to extract files to

example

setup.exe /x c:\myfolder

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[swashbuckler]

holy moly thx so much Greg!

 

[gpalmer711]

And for anyone who may stumble across this in the future here is the full list of command line switches.

Command Line Switches for install files created in wise, i.e. SETUP.EXE

· /S silent mode, automatic mode with no user choices

· /T test mode

· /X pathname extracts files into pathname

· /Z pathname extracts files into pathname and reboots

· /M=filename specifies a value file similar to /d above, but for standard variables

· /M1 causes Wise to step through the installation and display each file that is
flagged for self-registration, allowing the author to identify each file as it is
being self-registered.

· /M2 reserved for internal use by Wise during debugger sessions

Command Line Switches for UNWISE.EXE and UNWISE32.EXE

· /Z remove empty directories, including one with unwise itself in it

· /A automatic mode, no user choices other than cancel

· /S silent mode, automatic mode with no user choices

· /R rollback mode, selects option to rollback on uninstall

· /U like automatic mode, but gives all choices other than custom/automatic

· title - window title can be at the end of the command line


Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[linney]

WinZip might even extract files from this type of Installer exe?