Summary
Certain features of Windows Installer require a specific version of Windows Installer, so you may need to install it as a prerequisite for your installerSynopsis
Certain features of Windows Installer require a specific version of Windows Installer. Depending on the operating systems that you are planning to support, you may need to include the Windows Installer Engine as a Prerequisite.
Discussion
If you need to include Windows Installer with your installation package you can do so by using the provided InstallShield Prerequisites. These will be found within the Redistributables view, as shown here:
NOTE: You will want to include this as a setup prerequisite, so that it can be installed before your MSI package is run.
Additional Information
For more details on what version of Windows Installer are included with what Windows Operating System you can refer to: Releases Version of Windows Installer
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