# Extract .MSI file on Vista

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**Created:** [November 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extract-msi-file-on-vista/276105 "2008-11-22T19:33:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extract-msi-file-on-vista/276105/1 "2008-11-22T19:33:09Z")

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I’m trying to install Tortoise for SVN. They only offer an MSI installer file. Supposedly Vista can’t handle MSI files correctly, so I followed the instructions online on how to extract the contents. Several sites give the same solution.

> **[Windows 7/Vista: How to Extract Content from MSI Files](http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2557/vista_how_to_extract_content_from_msi_files/)**
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> While there are plenty of utilities available to extract the contents of an MSI file, you can do it straight from the command line without using some third party application. These directions have been updated to show this works in both Windows 7 and...

But whenever I do this, the help file for msiexec comes up and nothing else happens.

![](http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/542/msirq0.jpg)