Alternatives to lessmsi
A Windows utility with graphical and command-line interfaces for viewing and extracting MSI installer contents. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
lessmsi
A Windows utility with graphical and command-line interfaces for viewing and extracting MSI installer contents.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as lessmsi.
7-Zip
The small, free archiver that opens practically every archive format and compresses better than ZIP.
7-Zip unpacks MSI files along with dozens of other formats and integrates with Windows Explorer, but it is a general archiver rather than an MSI-specific inspection tool.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
innoextract
A command-line tool that unpacks Inno Setup installers without running them or needing Wine.
Unshield
Command-line tool and library that extracts files from InstallShield cabinet files.
bsdtar (libarchive)
Command-line archivers built on libarchive that read and write tar, zip, cpio, ISO and more.
PeaZip
A cross-platform archive manager that reads over two hundred formats and has a real file manager built in.
