Summary

A list of Windows Installer Versions and the Operating Systems they were released with or for.

Synopsis

This article will discuss the Windows Installer Versions dating back to Windows XP SP3, and when they were released.

The following table shows the Windows Installer Release Name, version and description of how it was released.

Release	Version	Description
Windows Installer 3.1	3.1.4001.5512	Released with Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Windows Installer 4.0	4.0.6000.16386	Released with Windows Vista.
Windows Installer 4.0	4.0.6001.18000	Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008.
Windows Installer 4.5	4.5.6002.18005	Released with Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack (SP2.)
Windows Installer 4.5	4.5.6000.20817	Released as a redistributable for Windows Vista.
Windows Installer 4.5	4.5.6001.22162	Released as a redistributable for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.
Windows Installer 4.5	4.5.6001.22159	Released as a redistributable for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later, and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and later.
Windows Installer 5.0	5.0.7600.16385 or greater	Released with Windows Server 2008 R2 and later and Windows 7 and later.

Whilst not shown in this table, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 come with Windows Installer 5.0

The above information was taken from the Microsoft Learn site. The full details can be viewed here:

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