mukhi, any reason it should work with Windows 10 Mail client? logic tends towards if the marketing does not include boasts that it works with WIndows 10 Mail client it most probably doesn't since it has nothing to do with the program MS Outlook, any version! You could also have just tried it at no cost.

TK, Nope, I didn't want to as I don't have MS office with Outlook. Why should I download yet another software when my existing software won't support it?

mukhi, why should you try it and see for yourself when there is a question in your mind and your existing software might not work with it rather than wasting days getting an answer in a heavily moderated comments section when you could have found out, and uninstalled it in 5 minutes flat by just downloading the tiny program, installing it and if it did not work with the software you have then uninstall it. Some peoples time is more important than yours apears to you by your choices!

TK, No, I won't install any software unless the software maker says it should work. Just don't like to install any software anyway as many non-standard and/or incompatible software mess around with the system in my experience. The bottomline is unless I'm convinced I don't "install" any software (this is why I prefer a portable app all the time).

mukhi, you won't have much fun here then LOL This site relies on users being adventurous in installing their offerings on the off-chance it might be usefull and be able to sort their own problems out with minimal help from other users.

TK, Well, contrary to what you are saying I have been having much fun here (and, I am indebted to this site and its contributors for providing many valuable software and suggestions for free). FYIP some good ones:
# Zentimo
# Wondershare PDF Converter
# WinPDFEditor

I look for a SW with lifetime license, the one that does what it says and the one that asks for hassle-free registration.

Great as always, [ TK ], but ... where would one do that?

Thanks.
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Peter Blaise, seriously? nah you must be joking!

TK,
Yes, it installed but would not run on XP64 - not a valid Win32 application. Haven't tried your trick yet though.

Seriously, [ TK ], I see nothing in the program resources before or after installation that offers "... supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku= ...", that's what I asked, where do you do that?

A web search leads to answers that appear directed at programmers whitin code, not end users modifying configurations.

So, as end users of Outlook Email Address Extractor 2.2, where would we find and modify "... supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku= ..."?

Thanks.
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bungalow-build, my apologies, the error you report suggests they were compiled for Windows NT higher than the version 5.1 which is what XP32/64 bit is. I should have looked at the executables before posting about potential use in XP. I'll try to remember next time. Thanks for the feedback :-)

Peter Blaise, some giveaways that use .NET framework include in the installation folder along with the executable named files a similarly named XML configuration file with the file extention of .config which I thought my original comment implied if not explicitly stated. In another comment I saw you had trouble on at least one of your Windows 7 machines that you failed to even get the executables installed... if that was your only experience then A: the .config files would likely also not have been installed in the installation folder and B: if you were using WIndows 7 then you had no need to hack the .config file as Windows 7 is capable of hosting .NET framework 4.5 so not an issue for you or task you would need to attempt or even investigate further.

Thanks, [ TK ], I was letting 7-Zip extract contents of the [installation].msi file, and apparently 7-Zip ain't smart enough to reveal what an msi file is really made of, even though it obeys and creates a directory with some contents.

I just searched and found a command, and command-line variables, for msi files, where the command:

msiexec /?

... reveals:

msiexec /a msifilepath/qb TARGETDIR=targetpath

... or:

msiexec /a drive:\filepath\to\MSI\file /qb TARGETDIR=drive:\filepath\to\target\folder

... exampled as:

msiexec /a c:\testfile.msi /qb TARGETDIR=c:\temp\test

... and the free Winaero Tweaker utility offers to add a right-click menu option in Windows File Explorer to do that for msi files directly.

And THEN, voila, there are the ---.config files you wrote about, and there are the multiple installation files of which you write, the ---.config files are where we can edit the required level of .net or other hard-coded requirements, I suppose:

1351315757_10.ico
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2003.exe
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2003.exe.config
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2007.exe
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2007.exe.config
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2010.exe
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2010.exe.config
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2013.exe
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2-2013.exe.config
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2.exe
Outlook Email Extractor v2.2.exe.config
Outlook-Email-Extractor-v2.2.msi

Cool.

I learn something every day no matter how hard I try.

Great insight - thanks.

I hope I can return the favor with something I have up my ( short ) sleeve that helps you and other GOTD accicianados someday.
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Peter Blaise, yay! congrats and you have also now learnt the step you can take to manually install the program from the MSI when something on your windows installation is preventing the MSI from installing normally! normal .NET programs have that config files functionality hard coded into the executable and cannot be changed without breaking digital signatures etc It's a nice easy hack when the developers leave their .NET executables not quite finished to try them on different .NET runtimes. Try running the front end Outlook Email Extractor v2.2.exe
IF you have a compatible version of Outlook installed and if you do and it can find it AND it lauches the respective -20??.exe in response you should be able to apply the giveaway license and activate the programs.
TK

Thanks, [ TK ], someday I may explore this virtual machine stuff ... nah.

My objection to the GOTD-wrapper is that it denies me the ability to individually inspect installation files for malware, so instead, I have to inspect the post-installation files, after the installation has done who- knows-what to my computer, and then I have to equally inspect my entire computer, a burden that makes the GOTD-wrapped offerings anything BUT free, because GOTD-wrapped offerings are so intensely time-consuming and diverting.

I suppose that's what you are suggesting that a virtual machine envoronment will address - isolating such a risky and uninspectable installation into a cage where any activity is contained and can simply be snuffed out if found to be undesirable.

I guess I'm tired of spending so much time on the inner workings of our computers, and I perfer to actually use our computers for external productive purposes.

Virtual machines, sanboxes, geesh.

Sometimes I just want my vehicles to take me to my destination without me having to pay such ardent attention to the inner working of the machine itself.

It feels like constantly tuning my car to compete on a racecourse, but never actaully using my car to take me anywhere.

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So, what do you think 7-Zip is pulling out of msi files anyway, why does it bother if the pulled-out contents are useless?

Thanks for epxloring this and sharing - these extended GOTD-dialogs really help remove any fog around GOTD offerings, and help make GOTD a much more accessible and manageable resource to visit every day.
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Peter Blaise, you ask:

"So, what do you think 7-Zip is pulling out of msi files anyway, why does it bother if the pulled-out contents are useless?"

because what it extracts is not useless... MSI does not always obfusicate the installers file contents names, and sometimes when it does there are sufficiant clues in the new names to rebuild the original names, and other times you can use the version meta data in the renamed files to determine the original names. It is usefull if you want to examine the contents of an MSI where the internal install script prohibits installation on the host platform or extraction to a target folder using msiexec.exe. e.g. if an MSI for x86 platform requires WIn7 or above and refuses to install or extract on a 64bit edition of windows 7 or above demanding the use of the 64bit installer MSI. I needed exactly that to test if NitroPDF Pro 13 really was not usable under 32bit Vista and could not use MSIEXEC.EXE for the above reasons so was able to use 7zip to extract the contents to a folder and manually rename some key files and then see the error where it needs a specific procedure in kernel32.dll that does not exist in Vista's build.


Quite often but not always the files names are changed to protect the innocent (contents).

I agree sometimes it's too much trouble to debug a giveaway or other program but since I enjoy learning and helping people... I continue when it feels worthwhile.

I only resort to using the exe/gcd wrapped installer as an absolute last resort due to the inherrent insecurity of giving un-testable code full elevated installer rights based upon a 3rd parties assurances they've scanned the unwrapped installer on the reactive pattern scanning service of virustotal days or weeks ago. Dev systems can be infected so everything they build can be infected and new undetectable malware/viruses are being produced on a regular basis. part of that earlier choices is pre-examining the giveaway vendors own installers from their site to see what they contain... of course even that is not 100% safe as inno installers for isstance can and often does include a custom piece of executable code called compiled.bin which can do almost anything else that the standard inno installer script cannot do... it could potentially contain malicious code!

Thanks again, [ TK ], now you've got me looking at Application Manifests with an eye on recompiling to get programs to install wherever.

Now ... what did I get a computer for in the first place?

Oh, never mind, I'll just play on the computer and never get to my real goals.

What's the next GOTD thingy to play with ... ?
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