How to list files/regs to be affected by patch

markus.orreilly · 11-12-2010, 10:54 AM

I'm trying to extract information from an MSP on the files/registry keys that will be affected by applying the patch, without actually having that product currently installed (I'm trying to put together a database that keeps track of every MS patch and the affected files). I know there is the Installer.PatchFiles function, but I can't get that to work without having the product installed.

I don't care about previous patches that might be contained in the .msp, only the current patch. Does anybody know of way to do this? I was hoping Installer.ExtractPatchXMLData might provide me what I want, but it still doesn't have the info I want out of it.

11-12-2010, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
markus.orreilly Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1	How to list files/regs to be affected by patch I'm trying to extract information from an MSP on the files/registry keys that will be affected by applying the patch, without actually having that product currently installed (I'm trying to put together a database that keeps track of every MS patch and the affected files). I know there is the Installer.PatchFiles function, but I can't get that to work without having the product installed. I don't care about previous patches that might be contained in the .msp, only the current patch. Does anybody know of way to do this? I was hoping Installer.ExtractPatchXMLData might provide me what I want, but it still doesn't have the info I want out of it.

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