Preventing Installation of Files from the MSI

Select Files and Folders from the checklist. The Files and Folders View opens.

Navigate to the folder which contains the file in the Destination computer's folders tree that you want to remove from the installation.

In the Destination computer's files pane, select the file you want to prevent from being installed and select Remove from the context menu.

The actual file within the Windows Installer package is not deleted—only the entry in the File table is removed. The icon for the file changes to a computer with a red "X" over it.

If you remove a file, and later want to restore it to the installation, simply right-click the file again and select Restore.

Key files in the base Windows Installer package are denoted with a key icon, and cannot be marked for deletion. Additionally, files contained within cabinet (.CAB) files are not displayed, and therefore cannot be marked for deletion.