Programmatically installing MSI packages

Question

I would like to install a given .msi package programmatically from my C# .NET application, preferably with the installation parameters that my application specifies (like th

Answer 1

There's a COM object that offers an API for the installer:

First add a reference to COM object "Microsoft Windows Installer Object Library" to your project. Then you can start with the following code:

using System;
using WindowsInstaller;

namespace TestApp
{
    public class InstallerTest
    {
        public static void Install()
        {
            Type type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("WindowsInstaller.Installer");
            Installer installer = (Installer)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
            installer.InstallProduct("YourPackage.msi");
        }
    }
}

And there's a documentation about the Installer Object.