User Guide

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General Information Page

Use Installation Expert > General Information page to set the summary information and

the required Windows Installer version for the installation file. End users can see the

summary information by right-clicking the compiled .MSI or .EXE in Windows Explorer

and selecting Properties.

For information on summary items, see Summary Property Descriptions in the Windows

Installer SDK Help.

! Title

Enter the name of the application. This field often includes a version number.

! Subject

Enter a brief description of the application.

! Author

Enter the author or publisher of the application. This field often includes a copyright

notice.

! Keywords

Enter a list of keywords that the end user can use to search for this installation in

Windows Explorer.

! Installer Version

(Read-only.) This displays the minimum Windows Installer version required on the

destination computer to run this installation. This is not the version of the

application. If the destination computer has an earlier version of Windows Installer,

the installation fails.

To change this version, select Setup Editor > Product tab, click the Summary icon in

the left pane, and double-click Minimum Installer Version in the upper right pane.

If this is a 64-bit installation, the minimum version of Windows Installer is set to 2.00

or later. Do not change this value in a 64-bit installation.

Microsoft Restrictions:

• Installations with a Windows Installer version of 2.0 or later cannot run on

Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 5 or earlier.

• Installations with a Windows Installer version of 3.0 cannot run on Windows 95,

98, Me, or NT 4.0.

• Windows Installer version 3.0 requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later,

Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.

! Comments

Enter comments about the application that this installation installs.