An MSI file is an installation package in the Windows operating system that is commonly used to install and deploy Windows applications. To open an MSI file, you can follow these steps:
1.Open the MSI file using Windows Installer
o Find the MSI file you want to open, usually it will start with. MSI is a suffix.
o Right-click on the file and select the "Install" option. If you don't see the "Install" option, it may be because you don't have Windows Installer installed or your system version doesn't support it.
o In the installation wizard, follow the prompts to complete the installation process, including selecting an installation location, accepting the license agreement, and so on.
o After the installation is complete, you will see a message that the installation is successful, and the MSI file has been successfully opened.
2.Use a third-party extraction tool to open an MSI file
o ** and install a third-party extraction tool, such as 7-Zip or Winrar.
o Find the MSI file you want to open, right-click on the file, and select the option of the extraction tool you have installed.
o The extraction tool will automatically extract the MSI file and extract its contents to the specified folder.
3.Open the MSI file using the virtual optical drive software
o ** and install a virtual optical drive software, such as Daemon Tools Lite or Virtual Clonedrive.
o Open the virtual drive software, select the "Load" or "Mount" option, emulate an optical drive and load the MSI file.
o In the virtual drive, you can browse the contents of the MSI file and extract the files you want.
Note that when using Windows Installer to open an MSI file, you need to have administrator privileges. If you don't have administrator privileges, you may not be able to complete the installation process.