When I double click on a MSI file it has no association, what can I do?

A. MSI files are Microsoft's new software installation package format and will allow applications to be published to a domain, site or group in Windows 2000 and also allow the application to self-repair.

If when double clicking a MSI file it asks for an application to run under, its default association has been lost so perform the following to fix:

1. Start a command prompt (Start - Run - cmd.exe)
2. Type the command:
   

   C:\&gt; <b>ftype Msi.Package</b>

   
   If the response is
   

   <font color="#000080">Msi.Package="%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe"
       /i "%1"</font>

   
   then continue to the next step. If it is not found type
   

   C:\&gt; <b>ftype Msi.Package="%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe"
       /i "%1"<br></b>

   Continue to the next step
3. Type the command:
   

   C:\&gt; <b>assoc .msi</b>

   
   If the response is
   

   <font color="#000080">.msi=Msi.Package</font>

   
   then check the %systemroot%\system32 folder for the msiexec.exe file and replace if missing.
   If there is no association (the most normal problem) type:
   

   C:\&gt; <b>assoc .msi=Msi.Package</b>

4. Close the command prompt
5. Retry double clicking on a MSI file