IExpress

IExpress is a Microsoft utility bundled with various editions of Windows operating systems (32-bit and 64-bit): Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. It was also included as part of all Internet Explorer Administration Kit releases 4, 5 and 6, and was part of all installations of Internet Explorer 6. IEXPRESS.EXE is used to create a single self-extracting package from a set of files. Such packages can be used to install applications, executables, drivers, other system components, or setup bootstrappers. Contents 1 About the tool 2 Creating a self-extracting package 3 References 4 External links About the tool IExpress (IEXPRESS.EXE) can be used for distributing self-contained installation packages (INF-based setup executables) to multiple local or remote Windows computers. It creates a self-extracting executable (.EXE) or a compressed Cabinet (.CAB) file using either the provided front end interface (IExpress Wizard), or a custom Self Extraction Directive (SED) file1. SED files can be modified with any plain text/ASCII editor, like Notepad. All self-extracting files created by IExpress use CAB compression algorithms, are compressed using the MakeCab (MAKECAB.EXE) tool2, and are extracted using the WExtract (WEXTRACT.EXE) tool. IEXPRESS.EXE is located in the SYSTEM32 folder of Windows 32-bit installations. The front end interface (IExpress Wizard) can be started by manually navigating to the respective directory and opening the executable (IExpress.exe), or by typing IExpress into the Run window of the Start Menu. It can also be used from the command line (DOS console or batch file) to create custom installation packages, eventually unattended (automated operation): IEXPRESS /N drive_letter:\directory_name\file_name.SED Creating a self-extracting package IExpress Wizard interface guides the user through the process of creating a self-extracting package. It asks what the package should do: extract files and then run a program, or just extract files. It then allows the user to specify a title for the package, add a confirmation prompt, add a license agreement that the end-user must accept in order to allow extraction, select files to be archived, set display options for the progress window, and finally, specify a message to display upon completion. If the option to create an archive and run a program is selected, then there will be an additional step, prompting the user to select the program that will be run upon extraction. References ^ MDGx: INF Guide: SED Overview ^ MS TechNet: IExpress Technology and the IExpress Wizard External links MSDN: Using IExpress Wizard to Create a DPInst Installation Package MS TechNet: IExpress Technology and the IExpress Wizard MDGx: Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK): Guides, Resources & Downloads MDGx: Complete INF + IEAK Guide MDGx: Setup Information (INF) & Self Extraction Directive (SED) files: Guides, Resources & Downloads v · d · eMicrosoft Windows components Core Active Scripting (WSH · VBScript · JScript) · Aero · AutoPlay · AutoRun · ClearType · COM (ActiveX · ActiveX Document · COM Structured storage · DCOM · OLE · OLE Automation · Transaction Server) · Desktop Window Manager · DirectX · Explorer · Graphics Device Interface · Imaging Format · .NET Framework · Search (IFilter · Saved search) · Server Message Block · Shell (Extensions · File associations · Namespace · Special Folders) · Start menu · Previous Versions · Taskbar · Windows USER · Win32 console · XML Paper Specification Management tools Backup and Restore Center · cmd.exe · Control Panel (Applets) · Device Manager · Disk Cleanup · Disk Defragmenter · Driver Verifier · Event Viewer · IEAK · IExpress · Management Console · Netsh · Problem Reports and Solutions · Resource Monitor · ‎Sysprep · System Policy Editor · System Configuration · Task Manager · System File Checker · System Restore · WMI · Windows Installer · Windows PowerShell · Windows Update · WAIK · WinSAT · Windows Easy Transfer Applications Calculator · Character Map · Contacts · DVD Maker · Fax and Scan · Internet Explorer · Journal · Magnifier · Media Center · Media Player · Mobile Device Center · Mobility Center · Narrator · Notepad · Paint · Windows Photo Viewer · Private Character Editor · Remote Assistance · Windows Desktop Gadgets · Snipping Tool · Sound Recorder · Speech Recognition · Tablet PC Input Panel · WordPad Games Chess Titans · FreeCell · Hearts · Inkball · Mahjong Titans · Minesweeper · Purble Place · Solitaire · Spider Solitaire Kernel Ntoskrnl.exe · hal.dll · System Idle Process · Registry · DLL · EXE · NTLDR / Boot Manager · Winlogon · Recovery Console · I/O · WinRE · WinPE · Kernel Patch Protection Services SCM · BITS · Task Scheduler · Wireless Zero Configuration · Shadow Copy · Error Reporting · Multimedia Class Scheduler · CLFS File systems NTFS (Hard link · Junction point · Mount Point · Reparse point · Symbolic link · TxF · EFS) · WinFS · FAT (FAT12 · FAT16 · FAT32) · exFAT · CDFS · UDF · DFS · IFS Server Domains · Active Directory · DNS · Group Policy · Roaming user profiles · Folder redirection · Distributed Transaction Coordinator · MSMQ · Windows Media Services · Rights Management Services · IIS · Terminal Services · WSUS · Windows SharePoint Services · Network Access Protection · PWS · DFS Replication · Remote Differential Compression · Print Services for UNIX · Remote Installation Services · Windows Deployment Services · System Resource Manager · Hyper-V Architecture NT series architecture · Object Manager · Startup process (Vista/7) · I/O request packet · Kernel Transaction Manager · Logical Disk Manager · Security Accounts Manager · Windows File Protection / Windows Resource Protection · Windows library files · LSASS · CSRSS · SMSS · MinWin Security User Account Control · BitLocker · Defender · Data Execution Prevention · Security Essentials · Protected Media Path · Mandatory Integrity Control · User Interface Privilege Isolation · Windows Firewall · Security Center Compatibility Unix subsystem (Microsoft POSIX  · Interix) · Virtual DOS machine · command.com · Windows on Windows · WoW64 · Windows XP Mode