Extract MSI from EXE

Question

I want to extract the MSI of an EXE setup to publish over a network.

For example, using Universal Extractor, but it doesn\'t work for Java Runtime Environment.

Answer 1

I'm guessing this question was mainly about InstallShield given the tags, but in case anyone comes here with the same problem for WiX-based packages (and possibly others), just call the installer with /extract, like so:

C:\> installer.exe /extract

That'll place the MSI in the folder alongside the installer.