MsiClient

This is a small PowerShell module project which aims at exposing Windows Installer API through a PowerShell interface, which is highly inspired by the layout and use of AppVClient module.

Importing

Either copy the files to a system-recognized location or make sure they are in your working directory, and then import the module

Import-Module MsiClient

Samples

Getting all packages

Get-MsiClientPackage

For available properties, see the next example.

Getting specific packages by GUID (ProductCode)

Get-MsiClientPackage -PackageId '90160000-008c-0000-0000-0000000ff1ce'

or

Get-MsiClientPackage '90160000-008c-0000-0000-0000000ff1ce'

The output is a class with the following properties (sample values provided for a reference):

ProductCode   : 90160000-008c-0000-0000-0000000ff1ce
PackageCode   : 7afb57da-76ca-4406-8979-ad7fd1365320
ProductName   : Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component
VersionString : 16.0.9029.2167
Language      : 0
Publisher     : Microsoft Corporation
PackageName   : C2RInt.16.msi
Transforms    :
InstallSource : c:\program files (x86)\microsoft office\root\integration\
InstallDate   : 04.03.2018 00:00:00
Properties    : {[ProductCode, {90160000-008C-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}], [PackageCode, {7AFB57DA-76CA-4406
                -8979-AD7FD1365320}], [PackageName, C2RInt.16.msi], [ProductName, Office 16 Click-to-Run
                Extensibility Component]...}

The property Properties is a dictionary which contains all values available at the time of reading, for example:

Key	Value
ProductCode	90160000-008c-0000-0000-0000000ff1ce
ProductID
PackageName	C2RInt.16.msi
ProductName	Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component
VersionString	16.0.9029.2167
Language	0
Publisher	Microsoft Corporation
State
Transforms
DisplayName
PackageCode	{7AFB57DA-76CA-4406-8979-AD7FD1365320}
AssignmentType	1
InstanceType	0
AuthorizedLUAApp	0
Version	268444485
ProductIcon
InstalledProductName	Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component
HelpLink
HelpTelephone
InstallLocation
InstallSource	c:\program files (x86)\microsoft office\root\integration\
InstallDate	20180304
LocalPackage	c:\WINDOWS\Installer\5ad3e8de.msi
URLInfoAbout
URLUpdateInfo
VersionMinor	0
VersionMajor	16
RegCompany
RegOwner
Uninstallable
PatchType
LUAEnabled
MoreInfoURL
LastUsedSource	n;1;c:\program files (x86)\microsoft office\root\integration\
LastUsedType	n;1;c:\program files (x86)\microsoft office\root\integration\
MediaPackagePath
DiskPrompt

Uninstalling a package

Remove-MsiClientPackage -PackageId '90160000-008c-0000-0000-0000000ff1ce'

This removes a package with a given GUID. The GUID/package can be passed via pipeline, so the following is possible:

Get-MsiClientPackage | where { $_.ProductName -contains 'Microsoft' } | Remove-MsiClientPackage

This removes all products from Microsoft :).

Fancy usage

Get all products from Microsoft, and output the list to a HTML file with a custom CSS and a bunch of properties:

$Header = @"
  <style>
  TABLE {border: 1px solid gray collapse; }
  TH { border: 1px solid gray; padding: 6px 4px; background-color: #eaeaea; }
  TD { border: 1px solid gray; padding: 4px; }
</style>
"@
Get-MsiClientPackage | where { $_.Publisher -contains 'Microsoft Corporation' } | sort-object -Property ProductName | ConvertTo-Html -Property ProductCode,PackageName,ProductName,VersionString,Language,Publisher -Head $Header | Out-File c:\temp\test.html