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Orca MSI Editor

I had to use a program that Microsoft puts out for free today. It is called orca and it can be used to edit MSIs at the database level. It is a good tool, but to get it you have to download like 300 megs of junk from MS. It seemed pretty dumb, so I am posting here so that I don’t have to do that anymore.

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209 Responses to “Orca MSI Editor”

	on 14 Mar 2007 at 10:30 am 1. testingReflections.com \| The mind-share information resource for software testing, agile testing and test-first/test-driven dev said … I had a need to view and create a report on an MSI database (from an MSI installer) and another tool was born. MSI Database Reader & Reporter enables you to view the contents of an MSI database (a feature already handled by Orca
	on 28 Feb 2007 at 4:37 pm 2. Adi's technology outpost said … tool from Microsoft meant to view and edit MSI files, called Orca. However, to get it you need to download the entire SDK kit for Vista and .NET Framework 3.0. As it turns out, there are nice people out there making the tool available on it’s own, like Brent Norris. Thanks Brent!
	on 24 Oct 2006 at 11:46 am 3. 'Bunch of me said … 1) Download Windows Defender (* msi file) from here (recommended) or here (direct link) 2) Download “Orca”, the nifty little .msi file editor from Microsoft from this place or that (thanks to msdn and brentnorris for providing this excellent utensil with which to slay the Giant , get it? ) 3) Now install Orca and open the WindowsDefender.msi file with it. 4. Go to the “CustomAction” table on the left 5. Right-click on the “
	on 14 Mar 2007 at 3:38 am 4. QA Insight: Brent Strange's Software QA blog said … create a report on an MSI database (from an MSI installer) and another tool was born. MSI Database Reader & Reporter enables you to view the contents of an MSI database (a feature already handled by Orca
	on 28 Aug 2007 at 2:01 am 5. Ezequiel Jadib said … ). The Orca MSI Editor is a table-editing tool that can be used to edit your .msi files. If you want to learn more about this tool, please visit this link. Note: If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK,a guy publishedthe Orca.msi tool (Download from this place at your own risk) . Open Orca MSI editor and then go to File > Open…. Select the SCSF MSI file (Smart Client Software Factory – May 2007.msi). [IMG]
	on 22 Feb 2008 at 3:39 am 6. Digvijay's Weblog - Journal of my life as a developer. said … Recently i came across activate now as a “so called” advanced activation service wherein one could embed custom actions in the msi package while building a Visual Studio MSI project for activating the product using Activatenow SDK.ORCA
	on 13 Nov 2007 at 9:15 pm 7. Il Blog di Nicolò Carandini said … & Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2). Non perdo tempo a spiegare come fare (basta leggersi il blog) ma aggiungo solo che ho preferito (a mio rischio e pericolo) scaricarmi l’Orca Msi Editor direttamente dalblog di Brent. Una volta applicate le modifiche al setup di Smart Client Software Factory, e averlo riavviato, otteniamo finalmente: [IMG image] Sempre dal blog di Ezequiel Jadib vengo a sapere di alcuni problemi noti che riporto pari pari con i workaround:
	on 25 Sep 2007 at 4:41 pm 8. Tipi Tais said … doesn’t work. iTunes does some hashing of itself for consistency purposes and stops running when it detects modification. This check would also need to be bypassed, so it may not be worthwhile. To avoid downloading a whole SDK, grab Orca fromhere. AppDeploy has good information on modifying MSI files.
	on 22 Apr 2008 at 9:11 am 9. MSDN Blog Postings said … ). The Orca MSI Editor is a table-editing tool that can be used to edit your .msi files. If you want to learn more about this tool, please visit this link. Note: If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK, the Orca.msi tool is publishedhere(Download it from this place at your own risk). 2. Open Orca MSI editor and then go to File -> Open… Select the MC-SF msi file (Mobile Client Software Factory July 2006 (refresh).msi). 3. Select the
	on 18 Aug 2006 at 12:19 am 10. Nhilesh Baua said … Thanks dude, I was almost numb to get this. Tons of thanks again.
	on 18 Aug 2006 at 12:46 am 11. guest said … tyttyty
	on 23 Aug 2006 at 2:10 pm 12. Kamran Khan said … Thanks alot dude You saved me from downloading 300mb file on dialup connection.It was impossible for me to download that much big file on dialup connection Thanks again. Love You Brother
	on 25 Aug 2006 at 5:02 am 13. Shivanand said … thanx a million dude i was in worry about whether i could get this file and here it is!……ur the best…………keep up the good work!
	on 30 Aug 2006 at 6:53 pm 14. Leslie said … Thanks very much!! Best regards, Leslie
	on 02 Sep 2006 at 9:42 pm 15. Nahum said … Wow thats a lot. I needed this, but I didn’t want to download 300 megabytes of things. THANK YOU SO MUCH
	on 12 Sep 2006 at 8:32 am 16. Slonjo said … Yes, thank-you!!!
	on 14 Sep 2006 at 8:08 am 17. Carl J Gulbrandsen said … HI I am an IT-executive at a Norwegian high school and I found your website searching the net for ORCA as I needed it for solving a problem with GPO-install of Isscripts. Thanks! Carl
	on 17 Sep 2006 at 5:35 pm 18. Clumpsy Dude said … Thanks for this nitty stuff … i need it and you save me from downloading sdk pile-of-crap that i don’t really need. Tnx save me from desperation ….. gotta go
	on 19 Sep 2006 at 10:33 am 19. lecks said … ditto, thanks
	on 21 Sep 2006 at 3:23 am 20. Arie said … Thanks Brent. Saves a lot of time!
	on 22 Sep 2006 at 10:21 am 21. ultimA said … Thanks
	on 23 Sep 2006 at 11:56 am 22. RAVISHANKAR said … GREAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR THIS SINGLE FILE. AS ON DIALUP IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD FULL SDK. (THANKS)
	on 28 Sep 2006 at 8:04 am 23. Josf said … Thanks a Million. Searching on Microshaft can be such a pain sometimes. Thank again
	on 04 Oct 2006 at 10:21 am 24. Razor said … Thanks a lot for orca
	on 13 Oct 2006 at 2:07 pm 25. Claudio said … Thanks, a lot. It’s really hard to get this application alone.
	on 18 Oct 2006 at 11:35 am 26. Lyle Bert said … Many many thanks – that was exactly what I needed!
	on 18 Oct 2006 at 12:16 pm 27. Smalltalk said … Thanks a ton!
	on 20 Oct 2006 at 11:51 am 28. drubicza said … thanks so much, you’re saving my time. i’ve recommended your site to some of my friends. best regards, drubicza
	on 07 Nov 2006 at 7:57 am 29. Obede Souto (Brazil) said … Thanks a lot!
	on 13 Nov 2006 at 1:54 pm 30. Joe Walker said … Thanks a ton for this. May the rulers of great fortune bestow good luck unto you!
	on 13 Nov 2006 at 6:26 pm 31. Federico said … you rule! Saved me about two hours of life
	on 18 Nov 2006 at 4:06 am 32. Ehud said … Thanks. And people, start using NSIS instead!
	on 21 Nov 2006 at 3:16 am 33. Orbit said … Thank you very much
	on 22 Nov 2006 at 4:34 am 34. Iain Miller said … Cheers for that bud, the link I was given involved me going through a list of cab files downloading then extracting only to find they did not run on my platform. A real pain. I found a link with a little help and a link to some samples… “How to use the Orca database editor to edit Windows Installer files” http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q255905 Hope it’s helpfule folks. Iain
	on 01 Dec 2006 at 10:38 am 35. Karl said … Muchas Gracias, msdn did not have it on thier download section. matter of fact you can search all day on msdn and not find a proper download of it. MS can make it a big pain to find thier usefull AND free tools. thanks for taking the “pain” out of MS. I googled orca.msi to find this site. Rule! by the way does anyone know of a good site to discuss ways of developng custom screens to capture installation information and then using that info later to update config files? we are not quite ready fro installshield so for now I have to grab the property values off of a custom install screen, somehow. Karl
	on 05 Dec 2006 at 11:15 am 36. Kenny M. said … Bless you kind sir lol
	on 08 Dec 2006 at 6:08 am 37. Mohammad Omer Nasir said … Thanks a lot Brent.
	on 12 Dec 2006 at 12:40 am 38. Jason said … Thanks alot brent. Although i have a fast internet connection, i just didnt see the point of downloading the whole pack just for this. Definately saved alot of time.
	on 14 Dec 2006 at 12:49 pm 39. TRIGGER said … thanks a lot! saved hours!
	on 15 Dec 2006 at 5:07 pm 40. Neva Xisted said … Thanks. The whole Microsoft Installer SDK is far too much of a burden, just to tweak one msi file…
	on 17 Dec 2006 at 9:22 am 41. Sha said … Thanks a lot man. Saved a lot of wait.
	on 19 Dec 2006 at 11:01 am 42. Paul H said … Cheers mate…
	on 25 Dec 2006 at 6:54 am 43. dp said … thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	on 27 Dec 2006 at 2:27 pm 44. fred said … Thanks! you are a helpful person!
	on 28 Dec 2006 at 1:44 pm 45. Vix said … Way to look out for your fellow humans. Much appreciated!
	on 28 Dec 2006 at 9:45 pm 46. Pamela Reinskou said … Now I can finally go home. Major problem with one of their MSI files and I have to tweak it so I have been trying to download the SDK while searching for this single file. Bless you!!
	on 01 Jan 2007 at 1:38 am 47. Justin said … Keep up the good work
	on 02 Jan 2007 at 2:56 am 48. Cloud said … thanks for such good stuff~~
	on 02 Jan 2007 at 2:58 am 49. Rex Wang said … thanks a lot.
	on 02 Jan 2007 at 10:54 am 50. Richard said … I can’t thank you enough!!
	on 04 Jan 2007 at 7:27 am 51. Prashant Mehta said … Can anyone help me out? I want to remove Repair/Remove option in Setup. I want the setup to install everytime it is run, Do anyone have an idea hoe it can be done?
	on 08 Jan 2007 at 12:28 pm 52. Akanimo said … Couldnt help but also throw in my $0.02 of thanx for time and effort saved! THANX!!!
	on 12 Jan 2007 at 5:48 am 53. vie said … thanks for the help buddy..it has saved my time. thanks.
	on 18 Jan 2007 at 9:52 pm 54. Another said … Thanks for the file!
	on 19 Jan 2007 at 8:32 am 55. Jay said … Thanks so much for this file! I really didn’t want to download 300 megs of junk just to get to this file. You rule! -Jay
	on 31 Jan 2007 at 11:22 am 56. Al said … Thanks for the download! Saved tons of time over downloaded that whole SDK! Alchik
	on 01 Feb 2007 at 1:36 am 57. Dinny said … Well i guess you blessed me with 10hrs of my life. i would have wasted atleast that much to download the whole SDK for ORCA. Thanx Again Bless Dinny
	on 02 Feb 2007 at 2:21 pm 58. Boris Alexandrov said … a brilliant and really thoughtfull move. You deserve an award from William Gates.
	on 05 Feb 2007 at 5:41 pm 59. szlevi said … Halleluja, you saved me a lot of time – thank you!!!
	on 06 Feb 2007 at 3:28 pm 60. Mukta said … Thanks a lot. It was really helpful. I was not able to download that stuff.
	on 20 Feb 2007 at 8:19 am 61. Arun Mathew said … Thanks a lot buddy!!!
	on 22 Feb 2007 at 5:55 am 62. muad said … u are the man
	on 22 Feb 2007 at 11:51 am 63. Gepi said … Thx man
	on 25 Feb 2007 at 5:32 pm 64. Gim said … Thanks heaps. Was about to start my second attempt at wading through the cruft that is the ‘Windows 2003 Platform SDK’ and it’s associated GenuineAdvantage restrictions. Saved. My. Day.
	on 27 Feb 2007 at 2:07 pm 65. Quimin said … Awsome! Thank you much!!!!!!
	on 27 Feb 2007 at 5:14 pm 66. Hrishi said … Thanks a lot!!!!
	on 27 Feb 2007 at 10:13 pm 67. Raul Macias said … Thanks a lot; you saved my day.
	on 28 Feb 2007 at 6:00 am 68. Adi said … Thanks!
	on 01 Mar 2007 at 4:19 am 69. ZicoZac said … Woooo! Cool Man! Awesome! Thanx!
	on 01 Mar 2007 at 9:45 pm 70. Vincent said … God Bless you
	on 01 Mar 2007 at 10:10 pm 71. Francis said … Thank you sir
	on 06 Mar 2007 at 3:05 am 72. Tinus said … Thanx a billion!
	on 06 Mar 2007 at 8:08 pm 73. orthoepy said … searching for this without the big download forever, thank you muchly
	on 07 Mar 2007 at 8:19 pm 74. Moloch said … Thanks, you saved me alot of time and effort, keep up the great work!
	on 08 Mar 2007 at 11:46 am 75. Gert said … seems you’re very popular
	on 10 Mar 2007 at 5:07 pm 76. Webster said … Thanks dude!
	on 14 Mar 2007 at 6:14 pm 77. superthanks said … THANK MATE!!!!!
	on 15 Mar 2007 at 10:29 pm 78. eatman said … i downloaded the 300mb! but i formatted my comp w/o backing up this little files!!! thanks matey
	on 16 Mar 2007 at 5:38 pm 79. Rob D. said … Thanks so much for posting this. It’s always a headache when you find out the one file you need is buried within another bloated download. Much appreciated!
	on 16 Mar 2007 at 10:48 pm 80. How to force a .msi to install: skip OS check? - General [M]ayhem said … [...] I GOT IT! awesome. Download Orca (Microsoft’s MSI Editor) http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/?p=319 Right click your MSI file, hit "Edit with Orca" Search for the string of the error [...]
	on 19 Mar 2007 at 1:38 pm 81. Origami Experience Pack now available for Vista... - MP3Car.com said … [...] You need ORCA to edit the msi file and strip out the os and hardware checks. You can get orca from here its originally apart of a 300mb download from MS, apart of some sdk, but the link above lets you [...]
	on 21 Mar 2007 at 12:26 pm 82. Jim said … Thank God someone had the sense to separate Orca out from the SDK. You’ve just saved me from a 2+ hr download wait before I could continue to try to sort out the mess of an MSI that one of my suppliers has sent me. Ta.
	on 22 Mar 2007 at 12:52 pm 83. raul said … Thanks a lot Im from Costa Rica and I have been looking for orca for a long time.
	on 27 Mar 2007 at 7:59 pm 84. renne said … Thanks i really nedded this utility.
	on 28 Mar 2007 at 1:10 am 85. ThankFullUser said … Thank you very much
	on 30 Mar 2007 at 4:26 am 86. Marcos said … Nice one Brent
	on 01 Apr 2007 at 1:12 am 87. raj said … thanxs mate!
	on 01 Apr 2007 at 6:33 pm 88. Troy said … AWESOME thanks very very much! Saved me heaps of time mate
	on 03 Apr 2007 at 8:48 am 89. M said … Thanks!!! I didn’t have enough free space to download the whole SDK… So this is perfect
	on 09 Apr 2007 at 7:13 pm 90. Troz said … Thanks heaps mate, I was just going to give it a miss until i came across your site. Big thumbs up. Troz
	on 12 Apr 2007 at 3:00 am 91. Musayyub said … When installing the Google Video Downloader:- http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gvdownloader/GVDownloader180.zip,.net framework version 1.1.4322 is required even though .Net framework v2.0 is installed http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif. While searching for the solutions I fall upon this:- http://geekswithblogs.net/pavelka/archive/2006/02/14/69425.aspx On further search I landed here and I was deeply relieved http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif. Thanks a lot, I am saved from dowloading the BIG SDK package http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif.
	on 14 Apr 2007 at 7:49 am 92. John said … Thanks, we need more people like you.
	on 15 Apr 2007 at 3:50 am 93. Frank said … Brent, Thanx dude, it doesn’t get easier than this !
	on 17 Apr 2007 at 1:18 pm 94. angelo said … u da man. needed this.
	on 25 Apr 2007 at 4:54 am 95. Arash said … Thanks a lot !! , I need it.
	on 25 Apr 2007 at 3:17 pm 96. hollister said … You rock. thanks for the file
	on 29 Apr 2007 at 4:47 pm 97. Cesar O. said … A millions of thanks for this! It saved me a lot of time!
	on 02 May 2007 at 5:38 am 98. Berlic said … Thanks, dude! Saved my time!
	on 06 May 2007 at 5:41 pm 99. Jawad said … Thanks dude! saved my time and from downloading 300mb of un-needed junk!
	on 06 May 2007 at 8:04 pm 100. Dirty Harry said … Thx Buddy!
	on 08 May 2007 at 8:10 pm 101. Charlie said … * Thanks dude, I was almost numb to get this. * Haha you guys are so lame….
	on 09 May 2007 at 4:51 pm 102. Aaron said … Thank you Brent, this is very much appreciated!
	on 11 May 2007 at 5:07 am 103. krishna said … thanks a million
	on 16 May 2007 at 12:39 am 104. Amar Nath Samal said … Hi Brent, thanks a lot. U have saved a lots of time. It took 5 min to download and install orca on my machine
	on 17 May 2007 at 7:11 pm 105. shaun said … Thank you so much mate this was the most painfull search to obtain this msi. Much appreciated
	on 27 May 2007 at 12:56 pm 106. Giana said … thank you thank you thank you thank you
	on 02 Jun 2007 at 5:38 pm 107. Doom 3 install issue on XP-64? - PlanetAMD64 said … [...] Download and install Orca MSI Editor.2. Copy the disc contents to your HDD temporarily. (or possibly make an ISO, whatever [...]
	on 04 Jun 2007 at 4:14 am 108. gaurav mehta said … thanks
	on 05 Jun 2007 at 4:47 am 109. Muktish said … Thanks! In Kannada, (apathbandhava) real rescuer. It has helped me a lot. Muktish KG
	on 07 Jun 2007 at 6:45 am 110. Gavin Cornelius said … Many Thanks – had a problem unpacking WSUS 3.0 – this tool worked a treat and saved me downloading the 300meg SDK package.
	on 08 Jun 2007 at 5:08 pm 111. GhosT said … Great work dude. Saved my pc for junky 400 MB’s. Btw, This (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905) Can be helpful. GhosT
	on 13 Jun 2007 at 4:35 pm 112. Dinther said … I cracked up lauging when I finally arrived at the microsoft download page where a file larger than a Gig needed to be downloaded just so I could get my hands on orca.msi. Even with broadband. This is just stupid. I know, I should have gone to trusty Google first where I found this page is several milliseconds. Thanks dude.
	on 19 Jun 2007 at 11:23 pm 113. Rahul said … Thanks dear, This is great thiong u done for us. Thank you again.
	on 22 Jun 2007 at 10:31 am 114. Rumplestiltskin said … Thanks – very handy.
	on 09 Jul 2007 at 11:56 am 115. Michael said … Michael from Odense, Denmark…. says thank you very much:-)
	on 09 Jul 2007 at 8:27 pm 116. ivan said … thanks a lot.. thats so kind of you man..:) tytytytytyty……..!!!1
	on 17 Jul 2007 at 2:11 am 117. Pierre said … Dude, This is why I love the internet – made me gain simply hours thanks to this!
	on 17 Jul 2007 at 5:15 pm 118. anonymous said … word. As others have said, this has saved me the hassle from downloading a huge sdk from MS for one little file. Really appreciate it!
	on 31 Jul 2007 at 12:59 am 119. Swaroop said … Great Post! Thanks a lot bud! Saved me a lot of time in downlaoding the entire SDK. Warm Regards, Swaroop
	on 02 Aug 2007 at 10:30 pm 120. ORCA858 said … Thanks a lot!!!!!
	on 06 Aug 2007 at 12:09 pm 121. Lolb_UK said … Cheers Brent – Now the BBC iPlayer works on XP64 bit after a mino tweek with ORCA ;-}
	on 11 Aug 2007 at 8:19 am 122. Uncle Traveling Matt Archives said … [...] The solution is to edit the .MSI installer package and remove the framework requirement check. To do this you need the Microsoft Orca MSI Editor, which is part of the 300MB+ Windows Installer SDK package. Fortunately some kind person has posted the 1.8MB Orca Installer separately. [...]
	on 17 Aug 2007 at 1:52 pm 123. bao said … thank you! saved me a lot of hassle
	on 20 Aug 2007 at 8:06 am 124. carlos said … Thanks…
	on 21 Aug 2007 at 8:40 am 125. David said … Thank you much, Once again MS makes you jump through hoops just to get something simple accomplished. Thanks
	on 29 Aug 2007 at 6:02 am 126. Pradeep said … Great man, many thanks to you i have searched alot for this….:)
	on 30 Aug 2007 at 4:29 pm 127. Mark said … Thank you. Handy Dandy
	on 04 Sep 2007 at 8:41 am 128. Ezequiel Jadib : How-To: Installing Smart Client Software Factory May 2007 source code and customizing the Guidance Package in Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2 said … [...] about this tool, please visit this link.Note: If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK, a guy published the Orca.msi tool (Download from this place at your own risk) . Open Orca MSI editor and then go to [...]
	on 04 Sep 2007 at 8:44 am 129. Samuel said … Thanks much!
	on 08 Sep 2007 at 8:15 pm 130. Lailson Bandeira said … Really thank you guy.
	on 26 Sep 2007 at 5:08 am 131. Shihab said … Thank u very much & I’ve to say that my GPRS connection is so weak to download large file, so this is very helpful. Thanks again!
	on 27 Sep 2007 at 10:03 pm 132. Sharad Sharma said … Thanks a lot for this valuable help.
	on 28 Sep 2007 at 8:54 am 133. eydryan said … i love you man, i remember how much i had to search and then wait for one simple program so i could install stuff on my server2003 machine… good stuff man, good stuff
	on 01 Oct 2007 at 9:47 am 134. edwin_1 said … Thanks for the file!!! needed it and didnt want to have to download the junk to get it.
	on 04 Oct 2007 at 7:15 pm 135. VInix said … Thanks. I need it for change something.
	on 11 Oct 2007 at 4:14 pm 136. freddyzdead said … Thanks buckets, man. You’re an absolute champion.
	on 24 Oct 2007 at 10:59 am 137. Resolve WCSF installation issues on VS.Net 2008 « Leo Wang’s Blog said … [...] to install it on VS.Net 2008 Beta 2, Exeauiel Jadib post saves my days to figure it out, first use Orca MSI table editor to modify the WCSF msi installer, then search 8.0, and replace it to [...]
	on 07 Nov 2007 at 3:25 am 138. Steve Banza said … Thanks, I hope it will work fine. Steve
	on 11 Nov 2007 at 2:44 pm 139. Ezequiel Jadib said … How-To: Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) June 2007 & Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2… OK, we have installed Smart Client Software Factory in Orcas Beta 2 , but.. how about Web Client Software…
	on 14 Nov 2007 at 3:27 am 140. Kernelnet Informática said … Thanks, I hope it will work fine.
	on 26 Nov 2007 at 6:00 am 141. jessn said … I have been using this for a couple of years ago and it is really a useful tool. Thanks for the “quick-download” for this nifty tool.
	on 02 Dec 2007 at 4:12 am 142. Edit Origami With Orca.Msi - Dogpile Web Search said … [...] Been Easier. Free Trial. Sponsored by: http://www.macrovision.com/ [Found on Ads by Google] 2. Brents Thoughts » Orca MSI Editor Origami Experience Pack now available for Vista… – MP3Car.com said …. The Orca MSI Editor [...]
	on 03 Dec 2007 at 7:24 am 143. tracymeee said … thank you, i am looking for it and stucked before in Microsoft jungle website…
	on 05 Dec 2007 at 12:00 am 144. Sayed B said … Thanks Brent. keep up the good work
	on 09 Dec 2007 at 4:03 pm 145. Dean said … Thanks a ton. I am on dial up and have to fix Guitar Hero III for my system since the developers failed to give the game x64 support. you just saved me a bundle of time!
	on 11 Dec 2007 at 10:35 am 146. dan said … THENK YOU! i was just downloading the crap from microsoft … you saved me a lot of time
	on 28 Dec 2007 at 9:58 am 147. Dave Scrivener said … Brent, Needless to say you’ve provided a valuable public service. Some recognition should probably be given to Microsoft for making the editor freely available. However, they pretty much negate the good karma by requiring such a ridiculously large download. Again just a reinforcement of all the other thanks.
	on 02 Jan 2008 at 12:23 am 148. tim said … thanks you are the man!!!!
	on 17 Jan 2008 at 4:36 pm 149. aut disce, aut discede: Hunting Bugs Pre-Installation said … [...] It is included with the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers but can be found elsewhere if you don’t feel like downloading 300mb to get it Orca, examining the File tableLet’s take a [...]
	on 22 Jan 2008 at 6:45 pm 150. roach said … thanks man.
	on 25 Jan 2008 at 7:36 pm 151. Jay said … Thanks alot dude.
	on 27 Jan 2008 at 9:25 am 152. kupidooo said … thnx a billion man microsoftsite is crab shitt it makes me dazzy even when i try to download a singel file it takes me an hour just to locat it and also i found the file packaged with alot of other craby programs microsoft suck u the best
	on 09 Feb 2008 at 5:48 pm 153. homey.. said … thanks a lot… ))))))))))))))))
	on 15 Feb 2008 at 1:07 am 154. ��VS2008�а�װWeb Client Software Factory (WCSF) June 2007 JobEMS��ְ��ߣ�ְ�� said … [...] Note: ��㲻��Windows SDK, ��˽�ORca.msi�İ�װ��Blog�С� [...]
	on 15 Feb 2008 at 5:21 am 155. The Fibonacci Blog » Blog Archive » All for one, and two for all said … [...] Orca comes as part of a 300Mb-odd SDK, but thanks to another developer you can download just the 200Kb utility at http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/?p=319. [...]
	on 20 Feb 2008 at 5:51 am 156. AVHerur said … Hi dude, nice stuff.Thanks a lot.
	on 27 Feb 2008 at 3:07 pm 157. Sébastien Boudreau said … I must add my own ton of thanks. So helpful great work. Thank you.
	on 11 Mar 2008 at 5:47 am 158. Lebza said … Thanks man! Dude You Rock!
	on 12 Mar 2008 at 4:29 am 159. Simon Bruce said … You’ve probably had enough thanks for now, but I can’t think of anything else… except “gracias amigo”
	on 13 Mar 2008 at 3:43 am 160. Chris said … Thanks a lot! I just need to look into some msi files and did not want several gigs of developer tools, you’re a star!
	on 28 Mar 2008 at 2:09 am 161. Priyank said … Thanks a lot dude !!
	on 08 Apr 2008 at 4:26 pm 162. LK said … Thanks, I can’t believe MS still hasn’t caught on that we want this as a separate download.
	on 08 May 2008 at 1:51 am 163. deKay said … Thanks for hosting this! I might have 8MB broadband, but it’s such a waste downloading the whole SDK for a tiny app I’ll use just once!
	on 13 May 2008 at 10:55 am 164. ChuckD said … Brent, Big thank you for posting this. Nevertheless I took the liberty to look for the latest and dl’d the new SDK to finally get it. So i offer it up here if you’re interested. Shoot me an email and I’ll get it to you. C.
	on 14 May 2008 at 1:37 am 165. Petter said … Thank you!!!
	on 14 May 2008 at 3:54 pm 166. Victor said … BIG Thanks Brent! You the man!
	on 18 May 2008 at 8:55 pm 167. yakikooki said … Thanks! I deleted my installer of Orca a while back. But, I need it again now so this is a great help.
	on 02 Jun 2008 at 12:17 pm 168. Noel said … Thanks!
	on 15 Jun 2008 at 12:46 pm 169. Pierre (from France) said … Thanks a lot! more than 2 years ago, people continue to download this jewel. A nice and powerful MSI toolkit I didn’t knew. Best Regards from France!
	on 19 Jun 2008 at 2:53 am 170. Ezequiel Jadib’s Blog » 2007 » August said … [...] If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK, a guy published the Orca.msi tool (Download from this place at your own risk) [...]
	on 23 Jun 2008 at 8:52 am 171. Ezequiel Jadib’s Blog » How-To: Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) & Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2 said … [...] If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK, a guy published the Orca.msi tool (Download from this place at your own risk) [...]
	on 27 Jun 2008 at 7:14 am 172. irwin said … thanks a lot man
	on 17 Jul 2008 at 8:43 am 173. Orpheus Object said … Brent – You are truly an Instantiated_Prince amongst [class]less objects…. Thanks!!
	on 27 Jul 2008 at 2:43 am 174. Josip_Split said … I am having difficulties running a Commandos Behind Enemy Lines. I have already install it, but when i try to run it all that appears on my screen is blackness. But i can hear the sound, so i think that the problem is in graphic. Someone told me that thin Orca program will help me. I have downloaded it but i don’t know how to use it. So i am asking for some help. If you know what could be a problem and if you know how to solve it can you write it down on this web page. Thanks
	on 22 Aug 2008 at 8:28 am 175. colin said … Genius! Thanks so much!
	on 25 Aug 2008 at 9:59 am 176. industrial visionary said … Even two years later, your generous link is still delivering joy. I had to use orca to fix the VMware VI3 client so it can run on Vista x64. The 2008 SDK is 1.3GB ! Thanks sincerely.
	on 01 Sep 2008 at 1:19 pm 177. Kevin said … Thanks for the great tool!
	on 10 Sep 2008 at 8:50 am 178. How do you uninstall exe based applications in SCE? « Advisec Blog said … [...] Download and install Orca (a msi database edit from Microsoft. Note that this download is not from Microsoft since they only provide a bundled with Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK) [...]
	on 23 Sep 2008 at 11:09 am 179. patterns & practices - Smart Client Guidance - Discussions said … [...] If you do not want to download the Windows SDK, the Orca MSI Editor tool is published here (Download it from this place at your own [...]
	on 24 Sep 2008 at 6:54 pm 180. New Server Guy with questions... - Tech Support Forum said … [...] want to waste time downloading the 300Mb file from microsoft for Orca use this guys edited version linky Okay so for the GPO pretty sure you should be able to include a script to the computer [...]
	on 18 Oct 2008 at 5:30 pm 181. Mobile Client Software Factory错误处理 - 网文收录,revoly, - Powered by Sablog-X said … [...] If you don’t want to download the Windows SDK, the Orca.msi tool is published here (Download it from this place at your own [...]
	on 11 Nov 2008 at 12:57 pm 182. vlizzle said … Thanks so much for sharing this — greatly appreciated!
	on 14 Nov 2008 at 10:21 am 183. Acolnahuacatl said … You just saved me a 300MB download that was the only way to install a few programs on Windows 7 6801, thanks!
	on 09 Dec 2008 at 7:20 pm 184. Zooba’s Blog » Fahrenheit (on Vista) said … [...] will do the job, known as Orca, but it is wrapped up in the Windows SDK. However, Orca has been released independently (that is, separate from the SDK) and I have mirrored it (potentially less than [...]
	on 15 Dec 2008 at 10:57 am 185. Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation! » Blog Archive » Security Software said … [...] Kaspersky 2009: I forgot, you can get Orca at: http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/archives/319 [...]
	on 15 Dec 2008 at 2:11 pm 186. INQ Guide to Free Anti-Spyware - The Inquirer said … [...] for Defender. You’ll also need a tool for opening and modifying MSI (Microsoft Installer) packages. Orca is simple and freely [...]
	on 19 Dec 2008 at 9:47 pm 187. installation probs on win xp 64bit - Fragmasters Talkingforums said … [...] involves editing the MSI file so it will run.first you need an app called orca,get it here http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/?p=319 and install it then you need to follow the instructions on this page [...]
	on 06 Jan 2009 at 8:25 am 188. 如何在VS2008中安装Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) June 2007 - RIVERSPIRIT - 博客园 said … [...] Note: 如果你不想下载整个Windows SDK, 有人将ORca.msi的安装包发布到他的Blog中。 [...]
	on 21 Jan 2009 at 4:59 pm 189. Craig Steddy said … Hi Brent, Have you tried the alternative MSI editor called InstEd? It is free and it has a lot more functionality. The latest GA version is here – http://www.instedit.com/download2?file=InstEd-1.5.3.7.msi cheers, Craig
	on 26 Jan 2009 at 12:49 pm 190. Oleksiy Khilkevich said … Thanks a lot. Comments are were useful too .
	on 26 Jan 2009 at 4:48 pm 191. Guitar Hero 3 Legends Of Rock on XP x64 - Guru3D.com Forums said … [...] a way of modifying the .msi to install on windows 64bit, I hope you have not sent the game back. http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/archives/319 <– This link will help, you need to modify the system requirements string using [...]
	on 29 Jan 2009 at 3:38 am 192. Joshua Wishon said … Fantastic. Thank you very much.
	on 13 Feb 2009 at 2:03 pm 193. VMware Communities: Version Comparison said … [...] ORCA msi editor to a shared folder. For some reason, Safari renames the downloaded file from orca.msi to [...]
	on 14 Feb 2009 at 6:29 pm 194. VMware Fusion - November 2, 2008 said … [...] ORCA msi editor to a shared folder. For some reason, Safari renames the downloaded file from orca.msi to [...]
	on 06 Mar 2009 at 3:14 am 195. Jon said … Cool! Thanks for sharing!
	on 14 Mar 2009 at 4:44 pm 196. none said … Thanks.
	on 15 Mar 2009 at 7:49 am 197. raddudu said … Thanks!
	on 22 Apr 2009 at 12:27 pm 198. patterns & practices - Smart Client Guidance - Discussions said … [...] If you do not want to download the Windows SDK, the Orca MSI Editor tool is published here (Download it from this place at your own [...]
	on 16 May 2009 at 1:37 pm 199. faster said … thank you very much
	on 26 May 2009 at 11:19 pm 200. dzx said … Thanks very much!
	on 30 Jun 2009 at 12:18 pm 201. Mike said … Awesome thanks!
	on 27 Jul 2009 at 7:27 am 202. consolas said … [...] "visual studio kurmuş mu gavat?" sorgusunu sordurtan değerdir.bunu nerden mi biliyorum?http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/?p=319şuradan orca isimli microsoftun msi editörünü indirip, temp klasöründen çıkardığınız msi [...]
	on 05 Aug 2009 at 3:20 am 203. Qasim Raza said … Thanks a Lot I was looking for this and every time there was some new webpage to read through. This has made my life easy
	on 14 Aug 2009 at 2:21 pm 204. lelik said … Thanks mate!
	on 14 Oct 2009 at 6:34 am 205. Digital Terrywrist: Editing MSI & MST Files said … [...] it from the SDK so you can download just the orca.msi file without having to get the 300mb SDK http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/archives/319 Posted by Daniel Bales at 5:38 PM Labels: InstEd It, MSI, MSI Editor, [...]
	on 17 Nov 2009 at 2:40 pm 206. Zeisan said … you sir are the new leader of the free interwebs. i thank you very much. with your help I successfully avoided wasting time @ MS.com and rapidfail. the universe smiles upon your blorg.
	on 18 Nov 2009 at 1:44 am 207. ChinaBoy said … Great Tool! Thank you!
	on 19 Nov 2009 at 2:06 pm 208. blogfeld: How to Use a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader in Windows 7 (DigitalPersona Password Manager) said … [...] orca.msi (Download site #2 – brentnorris.net) [...]
	on 27 Dec 2009 at 3:14 pm 209. Edit operating system version check in Windows installer files said … [...] = 502) OR (VersionNT = 600)Now you may save the changes and start the installation.Related Resourceshttp://www.brentnorris.net/blog/?p=319How to use the Orca database editor to edit Windows Installer filesOperating System Property [...]

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