Few Packaging Interview Questions

1. What  are public properties
2. What does SecureCustomProperties mean?
3. What is component Isolation? When do you perform Component Isolation? What is the Advantage? What happens when you Isolate a component?
4. What does AppSearch Table contain? What is the use of it? How is it related to Launch Conditions ?
5. What is SelfReg table? Is it recommended to use SelfReg Entries ? What is the disadvantage of SelfReg Entries?
6. What is the difference between the registration of DLL/OCX  and an EXE ?
7. How do you apply permissions using MSI Tables? What is the purpose of LockPermissions Table? What is the disadvantange of LockPermissions Table?
8. How do you install 2 MSIs with same product code on a same machine ?
9. What is Minor Upgrade , Major Upgrade ? When do you perform major upgrade ? What are the sequence of custom actions required for Upgrade process and what are the Ideal locations of those custom actions ?
10. What are the different sequences present in MSI
11. What is the difference between Execute Immediate and Execute Deffered?
12. Why do you require custom actions ?
13. Can a Component have sub-components ?
14. Can a feature exist under a component ?
15. What is the use of Install Level property
16. What does ALLUSERS  = 1,2, NULL mean?
17. What are the different GUIDs present in MSI ?
18. What happens if you use the command – msiexec /i [ProductCode] /qb               ( does the application gets installed on the machine ?
19. What is Advertizing?  What is the advantage of Advertizing ? What are the MSI tables which support Advertizing?
20. What the disadvantages of MSI
21. What are the advantages of normal “setup.exe”
22. What are the disadvantages of “setup.exe”
23. How do add files to MSI or MST using Orca ?
24. If you want to add a file using Orca, what are the MSI Tables you need to alter?
25. What are ICE Errors ? If you have ICE does it affect the MSI Installation or application functionality ?
26. How do you resolve ICE64 Error ?

Application Packaging Training

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MSI Technology into RealTime

Application Packaging came into existence with introduction of MSI technology with Microsoft Office 2000 Application.


Using Windows Installer service which takes of files/folders/registries during Instllation and Uninstallation of an application.


MSI technology has became more popular as it has more advantages and reduces the TCO of an Organization.

Application Virtualization

Application Virtualization is new and hi-end domain where Applications will be available to Users without being physically installed on User Desktops.


There are couple of Products from different Vendors which has Virtualization in realtime.


1. Microsoft App-V
2. Citrix XenApp
3. VMWare ThinApp
4. Cameyo

Application Packaging

This is a place where you can know about Application Packaging. Its a hot and demanding domain in the current market.


Application Packaging is basically customizing applications according to Microsoft Best Practices/Requirements and making ready for deployment in Organizations.


Deployment of applications to client desktops will take place normally using a Deployment Tool ( Eg: SCCM,  BMC Marimba, HP OVCM, ManageSoft etc.., )

Set Working Directory of Shortcut

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objShtCut = objShell.Createshortcut("D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\MKS Toolkit\Evaluation Guide\For Systems Administrators\Desktop Shortcuts.lnk")
objShtCut.WorkingDirectory = "C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\Demonstrations\bin"
objShtCut.Save
'WScript.Echo objShtCut.WorkingDirectory

Stop and Delete Service - VBScript

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next


Dim objWshShell
Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")


objWshShell.Run "sc stop Nicelog",0,true
objWshShell.Run "sc delete Nicelog",0,true


Set objWshShell = Nothing