CONVERT GOOGLE PICASA AND TEAM VIEWER (EXE/SETUP) SOFTWARE TO MSI PACKAGE

How to convert Google Picasa / Team Viewer (Exe - Setup) to msi package

In this how-to-guide tutorial we will demonstrate in simple steps on how you can convert

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

application together into a single installable MSI package ready for remote network distribution
to your remote pc‘s.

To convert existing software installation into a msi package we use the known „Software Repackaging“ snapshot
before and after technology to Convert EXE to MSI package.

The MSI Repackager repackaging engine is very powerful and one of its kind on the market today and comes
with a full support for capturing complex software installations that requires „Environment Variables“, „Services“
and „Driver“ installations.

Before continue please make sure you have downloaded our ZOLA MSI Repackager product from our website
to get the latest version available and install it under administrator rights.
http://www.zolasoftware.com/download/msirepackager/v1/zolamsirepackagersetup.exe

How to repackage Google Picasa and Team Viewer (Executable Setup) installation into a fully compatible
and silent msi package ready for remote installation across your network.

To

convert EXE to MSI package

via software repackaging approach click on the „Projects
Management“ and select the „Based on System Snapshot (Before/After) item.

Software repackaging via snapshot before and after technology

Configure your software repackaging and snapshot settings then click „Create First Snapshot“ button to continue taking
the first snapshot og all operating system file and registry systems.

Create first msi package snapshot for monitoring results of app install

First software repackaging snapshot in progress, taking snapshot of all operating system file and registry system
modifications. This task is time consuming and may take up to several minutes to complete successfully.

First msi package snapshot in progress - monitoring file and registry system

Now first software repackaging snapshot has been created and you can close the snapshot creation dialog and the

MSI Repackager

product. Next locate the

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

executable setup files and install +
configure them to the Windows operating system.

First snapshot of all files and registry systems completed successfully

Installing

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

software in progress.

After a successfull installation of the

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

software applications you can now execute the

MSI Repackager

product and take a second snapshot to compare the operating system modifications during the
software installations to the first snapshot.

After executing the

MSI Repackager

product it will ask you automatically to initialize and create a second snapshot.
Click „Compare Changes“ button to create a second snapshot.

Now compare the software changes into a package results

MSI Repackager

is now taking a second snapshot of all changes made to the file and registry system during the
software installations and compare it automatically to first snapshot.

This task may take some minutes to complete.

Initialize second snapshot in progress - creating compare results of files and registry modifications

Second snapshot successfully created ... and to view the compared results from your

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

software installations click next on the „Show Results“ button.

First and second snapshot compared successfully - Now create project

From the „Project Editor“ you can view, add or delete any of the captured data before saving the results into the
repository storage. Once you are satisfied with the captured results for both file and registry data click next on the
„Save Project“ button.

Project editor showing all captured results of files and registry data

Next give your software repackaging project a name and description and click „Save Now“ button to have the project
results been saved into the repository storage. Available projects in repository can be manage within the

MSI Repackager

product and be easily converted into a silent MSI installation package ready for remote distribution
in enterprise networks.

Save captured snapshot result to repository storage before generate msi

Copying captured file and registry data to repository storage, this task may take some minutes to complete as the
product needs to copy all available project files and registry to the specific repository path. E.g.. You can change
the repository storage path in program settings.

Click „Close“ button to continue and close the Repository results dialog.

Repository storage task completed successfully - package now available

Now you should see your „

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

“ package available from the main product listview
and to convert it into a silent

MSI package

for installation right click anywhere on the package name and select
the „Create MSI For Installation - (Multi Select Supported) item.

From the „Build MSI File“ dialog you can configure your created MSI package before compiling it. You can configure
your MSI package in many ways, e.g.. Let it install C++ library files automatically if they are not installed on the target computer and many other useful options...

Click „Build Now“ button to continue and create your MSI package for installation mode.

Build MSI package - configure and assign settings for your msi package

Compiling MSI Package in progress, this task may take up to several minutes to complete.

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

package now converted successfully to a MSI installation package.

Note: All created msi packages using our

MSI Repackager

product are fully supported for
           the latest Windows installer technology standards and can be remotely deployed using services
           like SSCM, Group Policy (GPO) and any other third party utilities on the market today that
           support remote deployments of .msi package files for installation.

MSI installation package created successfully for network distribution

Now lets try our compiled msi package, but before we continue we need to make sure we have uninstall both

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

applications from the computer.

Uninstalling

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

software in progress using Program and Features available in
Control Panel.

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

software uninstalled successfully. Now lets install the compiled MSI package
manually by double clicking on the .msi file.

Installing „

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

“ msi package in progress.

The MSI package installed successfully on a Windows 8.1 operating system without any issues and

Google Picasa

and

Team Viewer

works as expected.

The

MSI Repackager

product from ZOLA is a full featured software repackaging tool to repackage any software
installations (EXE / Setup) to a fully compatible MSI package for installation mode. The tool comes with a full
support to repackage complex applications that install services and drivers to the Windows operating system
and all compiled msi packages are using the latest Microsoft Windows installer standards and technology.

Pros:

Repackage your latest software updates into a msi package ready for remote distribution.

Convert any repackaged project into a MSI package for installation mode.

Convert any repackaged project into a MSI package for uninstallation mode and have it remove the repackaged
software application from your network computers.

CONVERT GOOGLE PICASA AND TEAM VIEWER (EXE/SETUP) SOFTWARE TO MSI PACKAGE

In this how-to-guide tutorial we will demonstrate in simple steps on how you can convert

and

via software repackaging approach click on the „Projects Management“ and select the „Based on System Snapshot (Before/After) item.

Configure your software repackaging and snapshot settings then click „Create First Snapshot“ button to continue takingthe first snapshot og all operating system file and registry systems.

First software repackaging snapshot in progress, taking snapshot of all operating system file and registry systemmodifications. This task is time consuming and may take up to several minutes to complete successfully.

Now first software repackaging snapshot has been created and you can close the snapshot creation dialog and the

product. Next locate the

and

executable setup files and install +configure them to the Windows operating system.

Installing

and

software in progress.

After a successfull installation of the

and

software applications you can now execute the

product and take a second snapshot to compare the operating system modifications during thesoftware installations to the first snapshot.After executing the

product it will ask you automatically to initialize and create a second snapshot.Click „Compare Changes“ button to create a second snapshot.

is now taking a second snapshot of all changes made to the file and registry system during thesoftware installations and compare it automatically to first snapshot.This task may take some minutes to complete.

Second snapshot successfully created ... and to view the compared results from your

and

software installations click next on the „Show Results“ button.

From the „Project Editor“ you can view, add or delete any of the captured data before saving the results into therepository storage. Once you are satisfied with the captured results for both file and registry data click next on the„Save Project“ button.

Next give your software repackaging project a name and description and click „Save Now“ button to have the projectresults been saved into the repository storage. Available projects in repository can be manage within the

product and be easily converted into a silent MSI installation package ready for remote distributionin enterprise networks.

Now you should see your „

and

“ package available from the main product listviewand to convert it into a silent

for installation right click anywhere on the package name and selectthe „Create MSI For Installation - (Multi Select Supported) item.

Compiling MSI Package in progress, this task may take up to several minutes to complete.

and

package now converted successfully to a MSI installation package.Note: All created msi packages using our

product are fully supported for the latest Windows installer technology standards and can be remotely deployed using services like SSCM, Group Policy (GPO) and any other third party utilities on the market today that support remote deployments of .msi package files for installation.

Now lets try our compiled msi package, but before we continue we need to make sure we have uninstall both

and

applications from the computer.Uninstalling

and

software in progress using Program and Features available inControl Panel.

and

software uninstalled successfully. Now lets install the compiled MSI packagemanually by double clicking on the .msi file.

Installing „

and

“ msi package in progress.

The MSI package installed successfully on a Windows 8.1 operating system without any issues and

and

works as expected.

The

via software repackaging approach click on the „Projects
Management“ and select the „Based on System Snapshot (Before/After) item.

Configure your software repackaging and snapshot settings then click „Create First Snapshot“ button to continue taking
the first snapshot og all operating system file and registry systems.

First software repackaging snapshot in progress, taking snapshot of all operating system file and registry system
modifications. This task is time consuming and may take up to several minutes to complete successfully.

executable setup files and install +
configure them to the Windows operating system.

product and take a second snapshot to compare the operating system modifications during the
software installations to the first snapshot.

After executing the

product it will ask you automatically to initialize and create a second snapshot.
Click „Compare Changes“ button to create a second snapshot.

is now taking a second snapshot of all changes made to the file and registry system during the
software installations and compare it automatically to first snapshot.

This task may take some minutes to complete.

From the „Project Editor“ you can view, add or delete any of the captured data before saving the results into the
repository storage. Once you are satisfied with the captured results for both file and registry data click next on the
„Save Project“ button.

Next give your software repackaging project a name and description and click „Save Now“ button to have the project
results been saved into the repository storage. Available projects in repository can be manage within the

product and be easily converted into a silent MSI installation package ready for remote distribution
in enterprise networks.

“ package available from the main product listview
and to convert it into a silent

for installation right click anywhere on the package name and select
the „Create MSI For Installation - (Multi Select Supported) item.

package now converted successfully to a MSI installation package.

Note: All created msi packages using our

product are fully supported for
the latest Windows installer technology standards and can be remotely deployed using services
like SSCM, Group Policy (GPO) and any other third party utilities on the market today that
support remote deployments of .msi package files for installation.

applications from the computer.

Uninstalling

software in progress using Program and Features available in
Control Panel.

software uninstalled successfully. Now lets install the compiled MSI package
manually by double clicking on the .msi file.