Microsoft Installer (MSI) files often contain files you might want to use individually without actually installing everything by executing the main MSI setup file.

Users of Windows Mobile (WM) frequently run into this problem when they want to install an application only on their mobile device and not first on their computer.

If you have Windows Installer installed:

  1. Open Command Prompt: Start > Run > "cmd"
  2. Either go to the folder where the MSI file is located or use full path:
    msiexec /a path_to_MSI_file /qb targetdir=path_to_target_folder

For more information about msiexec execution:
Command-Line Switches for the Microsoft Windows Installer Tool