How to create a MST file using ORCA MSI Editor? – Netsweeper

Summary

Creating MSTs for Client Filter or WAgent using ORCA MSI Editor.

Resolution

To configure your Client Filter/Wagent, you will need to create an MST file. To generate MST file for Client Filter/WAgent configuration using ORCA MSI Editor, please follow the steps below.

Right Click on the MSI file and select Edit with ORCA.
From the Transform tab, select New Transform.
Click on Properties from the Tables menu and double click on CONFIGEDIT (NS_WAGENT_ARGS in case of WAgent) to make changes.
Once the changes have been made, press Enter key to apply the changes.
In case of Client filter, Exceptions List also must be added in the MST.
To add the Exceptions List, right click on NSEXCEPTIONS and select Import Text File.
Once the exceptions list has been added, click on Transform tab, and select Generate Transform.
Save the MST file and use it for the installation.
To install MSI with the MST (transform), run msiexec /i [MSI Filename] TRANSFORMS=[MST Filename] through Command Prompt.