New subject: [Bug 58470] Wine msiexec /a administrative install copies incorrect number and selection of files

7 Jul 2025


      http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58470
Bug ID: 58470
           Summary: Wine msiexec /a administrative install copies
                    incorrect number and selection of files
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: msi
          Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org
          Reporter: depaoli.renzo@gmail.com
      Distribution: ---
Created attachment 78924
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78924
LogFiles for SolidWorks 2018 administrative installation test case
Executing Wine msiexec /a leads to a selection of files copied than that of
Windows msiexec /a.
Effects noticed:
1) no extra CLI parameters given
-> Windows msiexec /a copied more files than Wine msiexec /a
-> There were some files copied by Windows msiexec /a that were not copied by
Wine msiexec /a and vice versa
2) CLI parameter given
-> Windows msiexec /a ignores the parameter for file copies, only effect seen
was a modification of the .msi it created
-> Wine msiexec /a performs changes the set of files it copies and creates a
modified .msi
3) CLI parameter given with nonsensical value
-> msiexec /a ignores the parameter for file copies, only effect seen was a
modification of the msiexec it created as mentioned under 2)
-> Wine msiexec /a copies no files, only creates a modified .msi
This behaviour was seen on, and tested with different versions of SolidWorks
3D.
To test the case, run msiexec on the SolidWorks installer under /swwi/data e.g.
like this:
  msiexec /a "R:\SOLIDWORKS_2018_SP3.0\swwi\data\solidworks.msi"
TARGETDIR="R:\SWWI2018SP03_admin_cx25" /qn /L*VX
"R:\SWWI2018SP03_admin_cx25_Log.txt"
  msiexec /a "R:\SOLIDWORKS_2018_SP3.0\swwi\data\solidworks.msi"
TARGETDIR="R:\SWWI2018SP03_admin_cx25_AddLocal-Nonsense" ADDLOCAL=Nonsense /qn
/L*VX "R:\SWWI2018SP03_admin_cx25_AddLocal-Nonsense_Log.txt"
Note: ADDLOCAL is a valid parameter for normal installation, usually set to
ADDLOCAL=SolidWorks.
The attached file contains:
- the CLI commands used
- logfiles for the file trees created by Windows 10 and CrossOver25/Wine 10.0
- logfiles from msiexec for Windows 10 and CrossOver 25/Wine 10.0
- Hyperlink to learn.microsoft giving details about the Administrative
Installation
- Hyperlink to the SolidWorks 2018 SP3.0 available on the Internet Archive
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[Bug 58470] New: Wine msiexec /a administrative install copies incorrect number and selection of files