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Advanced Editor

The Advanced Editor provides a structured way to review and modify the most common parts of an MSI or MST package without working directly in raw MSI tables.

Master Packager - Advanced Editor UI

What you can manage​

  • General Information — edit product identity, versioning, and installation defaults.
  • Files — add, update, extract, and rebuild packaged files and CAB content.
  • Registries — import .reg files or create registry keys and values manually.
  • Features — review the feature and component structure of the package.
  • Shortcuts — configure standard and advertised shortcuts.
  • Environment Variables — create or update system or user variables.
  • Services and Service Control — install, configure, start, stop, or remove Windows services.
  • Custom Actions — add scripts, executables, and MSI internal actions to extend installer behavior.
  • Application Search — detect files, registries, or directories and store results in MSI properties.

When to use Advanced Editor​

Use the Advanced Editor when you want to make common installer changes through focused views instead of editing raw rows in the Table Editor. For low-level or unsupported MSI data, switch to the Table Editor.