v1.6.2

This release contains the following improvements:

• [#86]: The "Lessmsi Explore" Windows Explorer context menu now works on msi files in paths containing spaces (@raphaeldore)
• [#88]: Fixes failure failed extract (NullReferenceException) on a msi with some of the parent directories not listed in the Directory table (@vnau)
• [#96]: Improved readme with Github badges + Donation text (@kauegimenes)
• [#99]: Added progress indicator to command line interface (@Bioruebe)
• [#109]: A python wrapper is now available in the /contrib directory (@KOLANICH)

v1.6.1

This release has a fix and a minor new enhancement:

• #84 Didn't release all the necessary file handles and could cause errors like Wixtracts.ExtractFiles keeps msi Record handles open - Thanks for the PR @ramiabughazaleh!
• #82 You can now enter a path in the "File" textbox on the main GUI screen and press enter and it will open a file browser dialog at the path you entered.

As always, I recommend you install via Chocolatey here.

v1.6.0

• #80 New! Can now view the embedded OLE Structured Storage Streams inside the msi file. See the new Streams tab.
• #78 Fixes an issue with the putty installer (that may well afflict other wix-created installers) that does not have an accessible _Streams table.
• #79 Changed the ctrl+c/copy to clipboard behavior for tables to copy them as tab-delimited with a header row to make them easier to paste into Excel.

As always, I recommend you install via Chocolatey here.

v1.5.1

Fixes:

• #55 Fix for using lessmsi x in powershell - Thanks to @Bioruebe !
• #73 choco fix for upcoming checksum requirement (chocolately package now has zip as embedded resource so that no download is necessary).
• #74 AppVeyor build failing with "CPack generator not specified"

v1.5

• Fixes #70 where extracting to the root of the drive caused an exception.

Windows 10 Support

• Adds support for Windows 10 (Issue #52)
• Now all binaries require .NET Framework v4.0 or greater
• Fixes for the Windows Explorer integration (when you right-click on a .msi file in Windows Explorer)

Works on Mac OS X with Winebottler & Fixes

• Fixes issue #49 which was caused by a weird Cabinet field in the Media table.
• Fixes issue #46 thanks to @AGBrown
• Can be used on Mac OS X with WineBottler. See Readme. Thanks to @jgstew for that!

v1.2.0: Adds Search Panel for quick file searching

• Thanks to @quider this release adds a search panel to the file view. Press Ctrl+F to use this wonderful new feature!
• Misc minor fixes. See the full list here.
• We're also switching to the semantic versioning scheme.

v1.1.7: Separates code to reusable dll and GUI & Command Line Executables

The big changes here are that the old lessmsi.exe is now only a thin wrapper around lessmsi.core.dll which contains the logic and lessmsi-gui.exe contains the GUI application. This should resolve issue #18 and make the core logic more reusable for others (#19) such as @0install.

Thanks to @bastianeicher for a major contribution to this release.

v1.16: Fixes chocolatey package

Most users won't care about this release. However, if you are trying to create a chocolatey package that depends on lessmsi, it will be relevant to you. See issue #15 . And big thanks for @ferventcoder for the fix!