Debug/Extract MSI / EXE

dbg-win-msi-exe

Debug/Extract MSI/EXE (PE Header):

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1547809/extract-msi-from-exe/24987512
https://superuser.com/questions/307678/how-do-i-extract-files-from-an-msi-package

ACL (Microsoft Access Control Lists, grant file permissions/set group):
icacls
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/icacls

View/Extract contents/internal files of MSI:
https://lessmsi.activescott.com/
https://github.com/activescott/lessmsi

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Example: test.msi

Grant full access permissions on EXE:
icacls test.msi /T /C /grant administrators:F

Extract files:
GUI: msiexec /a test.msi
no GUI: msiexec /a test.msi TARGETDIR=C:\extractdir\ /qn
progressbar GUI: msiexec /a test.msi TARGETDIR=C:\extractdir\ /passive

If extraction fails (Error: 1304, cannot write file due to insufficient privileges):
use lessmsi to extract remaining files into destination directory