.msi file cannot be executed

[XElitte]

I downloaded a setup online which was a .rar file and then I extracted the file getting a .msi file (only). When I try to 'Install' file, it says "This file cannot be executed. Please run the setup.exe file" in a window titled Tildes Birojs Setup. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU 32bit OS

 

[Reyaz123]

Do you see any other setup files in the extracted folder? Try to extract and open those.

 

[XElitte]

Do you see any other setup files in the extracted folder? Try to extract and open those.

No, only the .msi file

 

[Reyaz123]

Download winrar, try to extract the folder using winrar. Try running the file after once more

Let me know how it goes

 

[Shaun o]

The file is more than likely a config or settings file that needs to be loaded into the Msi program in question.
Since the .Msi file is the extension format used with a program such as, or in your case.

MSI files are database files, used by Windows Installer.

A Windows Installer .msi package contains standard summary information: Tables that describe the features that make up the application, pointers to the source files to install, and pointers to where to install the application on the client computer. The summary information stream contains some basic data about the package and the application that the package installs. This information includes the application name, the application publisher, and the version of the application as well as other basic information.

Step 1
Expand the Start menu in the bottom-left corner of your screen.

Step 2
Click "Computer" to open the native Windows 7 file manager, named Windows Explorer. It displays your drives and folders in the left pane. If you click one of the drives or folders, you see its contents in the right pane.

Step 3
Click "Organize" in the upper-left corner of the file manager and select "Folder and search options" from the drop-down menu. The Folder Options window pops up.

Step 4
Click "View" near the top of the Folder Options window to see the view options.

Step 5
Remove the check mark from the Hide Extensions For Known File Types option, in the Files and Folders section, to be able to see all file extensions.

Step 6
Click "Apply" and then "OK" to apply the settings and close the Folder Options window.

Step 7
Use the Explorer window to locate the MSI file you want to execute. It has a .msi extension. You can click "Type" at the top of the right pane to sort files by type, so that all MSI files appear together. If "Type" does not appear at the top of the right pane, drag the view slider to "Details" to display details including Type. The view slider is near the top right corner of the Explorer window.

Step 8
Double-click the MSI file to execute it and the Windows Installer application launches.

Step 9
Follow the instructions in the Windows Installer window to install the contents of the MSI file.

Please make sure, that after unpacking the .rar file that the resulting file at the location is not double compressed.
In such a case make sure you have winrar installed on your system and winzip also.
The file may have to be extracted again using winzip for example after you un rared it.
The second decompress if so, and it`s location and left double clicking on the file should start the windows installer process package of the windows os you currently have installed on your computer.

Or in some cases you right click on the file in question and select the install option in the drop down menu of windows.

 

[XElitte]

Download winrar, try to extract the folder using winrar. Try running the file after once more

Let me know how it goes

The exact same file (size and type) came when I extracted with WinRAR

 

[XElitte]

The file is more than likely a config or settings file that needs to be loaded into the Msi program in question.
Since the .Msi file is the extension format used with a program such as, or in your case.

MSI files are database files, used by Windows Installer.

A Windows Installer .msi package contains standard summary information: Tables that describe the features that make up the application, pointers to the source files to install, and pointers to where to install the application on the client computer. The summary information stream contains some basic data about the package and the application that the package installs. This information includes the application name, the application publisher, and the version of the application as well as other basic information.

Step 1
Expand the Start menu in the bottom-left corner of your screen.

Step 2
Click "Computer" to open the native Windows 7 file manager, named Windows Explorer. It displays your drives and folders in the left pane. If you click one of the drives or folders, you see its contents in the right pane.

Step 3
Click "Organize" in the upper-left corner of the file manager and select "Folder and search options" from the drop-down menu. The Folder Options window pops up.

Step 4
Click "View" near the top of the Folder Options window to see the view options.

Step 5
Remove the check mark from the Hide Extensions For Known File Types option, in the Files and Folders section, to be able to see all file extensions.

Step 6
Click "Apply" and then "OK" to apply the settings and close the Folder Options window.

Step 7
Use the Explorer window to locate the MSI file you want to execute. It has a .msi extension. You can click "Type" at the top of the right pane to sort files by type, so that all MSI files appear together. If "Type" does not appear at the top of the right pane, drag the view slider to "Details" to display details including Type. The view slider is near the top right corner of the Explorer window.

Step 8
Double-click the MSI file to execute it and the Windows Installer application launches.

Step 9
Follow the instructions in the Windows Installer window to install the contents of the MSI file.

Please make sure, that after unpacking the .rar file that the resulting file at the location is not double compressed.
In such a case make sure you have winrar installed on your system and winzip also.
The file may have to be extracted again using winzip for example after you un rared it.
The second decompress if so, and it`s location and left double clicking on the file should start the windows installer process package of the windows os you currently have installed on your computer.

Or in some cases you right click on the file in question and select the install option in the drop down menu of windows.

'Hide Extensions For Known File Types' was already without a check mark. No, the file wasn't double compressed. I've already tried 'right-clicking' and selecting the 'Install' option in the drop down menu and that didn't work either.

 

[XElitte]

What was the 'Tildes Birojs' titled window really? It also had a symbol like this in the same window: http://img.informer.com/icons/png/48/4881/4881455.png

Ps. I could add a screenshot of that window here, but I don't know how to

 

[Reyaz123]

Open snipping tool, capture the screen image
Upload it to photobucket and post the link here

 

[XElitte]

Here's the link for a picture of the window that pops up when I try to install the .msi setup: http://s304.photobucket.com/user/XElitte/media/Screenshot_2_zps99tyeyll.png.html

 

[Reyaz123]

Sorry, the link you sent is broken (I can't view the screenshot)

 

[XElitte]

Sorry, the link you sent is broken (I can't view the screenshot)

Click the link, it should be working fine, try this if not http://s304.photobucket.com/user/XElitte/media/Screenshot_2_zps99tyeyll.png.html

 

[Reyaz123]

Check online for another version of the setup file. Usually this happens when the folder is missing the rest of the files