Edit-MSIPackage

NAME Edit-MSIPackage



SYNOPSIS

Opens an install package or patch in Orca or another registered editor.





SYNTAX

Edit-MSIPackage -LiteralPath <String[]> [-Wait] [<CommonParameters>]



Edit-MSIPackage [[-Path] <String[]>] [-Wait] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Orca can be installed from the Windows SDK. If installed, MSI and MSP packages can be opened in Orca. If Orca is

not installed, any application registered with the "Edit" verb for .msi or .msp file extensions is used.





PARAMETERS

-LiteralPath <String[]>

The path to a package to open. The value of -LiteralPath is used exactly as typed. No characters are

interpreted as wildcards.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Path <String[]>

The path to a package to open. Wildcards are permitted. You can specify * in any part of the path to select

all matching files.



Required? false

Position? 0

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Wait [<SwitchParameter>]

Wait until the process is closed before opening another package.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



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-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



get-childitem -filter *.msi -recurse | edit-msipackage



Opens all install packages in the current directory or subdirectories in separate instances of Orca.



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