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7zip can usually open .exe or .msi installers and see all the files.

However in the case of, for example, https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/python-2.7.18.msi we only see:

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How can we extract all files from this .msi (is should contain python.exe etc.).

Here it's just an example with Python 2.7 (which is EOL) but it's a general question.

Basj
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  • For extracting an MSI file you don't need 7-Zip: https://superuser.com/questions/307678/how-do-i-extract-files-from-an-msi-package – Robert Aug 09 '22 at 09:30
  • @Robert for me this doesn't do a simple extraction "independent of the current system". Example: since this MSI is already installed in my system, I can't extract the original files from the MSI; the command you suggest gives this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Ixi3.png and then it's stuck (probably because it's already installed on the system). I'm looking for a solution which is independent of the current system, just extract the files. – Basj Aug 09 '22 at 09:59

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