What is the difference between .msi and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .msi
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- It is a file that store all information needed by the Windows Installer to install or uninstall a software. It contains all the requirements for efficient and flawless package installation on Windows OS.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-ole-storage
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Wikipedia
- .msi on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia