What happened to Windows Installer 4.1?

January 25, 2008

For a time, there was a release named Windows Installer 4.1 on the MSDN topic Released Versions of Windows Installer that was associated with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008.  When this reference to 4.1 was removed, it naturally lead to the question: what happened to Windows Installer 4.1?

Answer =

When the UAC tweaks were internally rejected for Vista SP1, the justification for 4.1 faded as there were no new features in the Windows Installer in Vista SP1.

So, instead development for Windows Installer 4.5, which is due for release 2008 Q2

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Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP

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