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+msi plugin v1.2 for Total Commander
+
+installation:
+
+- unzip the msi.wcx to your Total Commander installation directory
+- choose the menu configuration - options
+- choose the packer tab
+- click the configure packer extension dlls button
+- type msi as new extension
+- click new type, and select msi.wcx
+- click ok
+- type msp as new extension
+- select msi.wcx
+- click ok
+
+usage:
+the plugin provides basic support for browsing and extracting from
+msi (microsoft installer) database files.
+note: some msi files don't contain any actual data. they only contain
+references to external (mostly) cab files (which in turn are described
+in another table of the msi file). those can be viewed with the normal
+capability of Total Commander and may be on different volumes, in the
+same directory (most likely) or elsewhere. the plugin just displays the
+files actually contained within the msi file (as ole data stream). msi 
+files which don't contain any actual data are displayed as empty. msi 
+files may contain data of any type, but most of the time they just
+contain one or more cab files.
+
+update:
+version 1.2 now also opens msp files (requested by some users). the same as
+to msi files also applies to msp files with the addition, that the ole
+streams contained in msp files don't have to be entire files, but can
+only be patches. the plugin now displays all data streams contained in
+the file (also on user request), whatever good it may do.
+
+note:
+if you receive an error message indicating that msi.wcx is not a valid
+packer plugin (happens on older systems), then you most likely need 
+to install the msi dlls on your system. you can get these free of
+charge from microsoft:
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=32831 (for win9x) and
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=32832 (for nt and 2k)
+
+written by:
+alexander gretha
+mailto:developer@chicken.sh