Windows Installer 3.0 is required to apply multiple patches.ĭo you have WI 2.0 or 3.0? If only 2.0, you can't specify multiple patches.īelow is the last several lines of the log file, just before it receives the error. Windows Installer 2.0: Multiple patches are not supported. If you follow the link for the PATCH property on that MS page is takes you here (VS.85).aspx where the crucial sentence, for the example you show, anyway, is ' I've always used the /P switch to apply patches. I have never seen used, nor even been aware of, the PATCH property. Why doesn't stuff just work like it should? This just goes to show that you really do learn something every day. I get the error 'This patch package could not be opened.' as if the patch file does not exist, even though it does exist. The only problem is that it doesn't work. Msiexec /i AcroPro.msi PATCH=AcrobatUpd810_efgj_incr.msp AcrobatUpd811_all_incr.msp AcrobatUpd812_all_incr.msp TRANSFORMS=AcroPro.mst /qb Looking at the last example in the article at it would appear you could execute the below command to perform a new install and include all three patches. I am also struggling with the same problem as gmouse.
