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I come from WISE Script installs where I can run & install the identical module version in multiple subfolders of the same computer, for instance, for brevity, the same version of the General Ledger in subfolders: C:\user1\AppBase\GL, C:\user2\AppBase\GL, C:\Test\AppBase\GL.

Why? We have an entire business suite of 20 inter-relating modules which reside off the same base subfolder. Our SHARED cloud world is like a Terminal server , where each user is their own complete, utterly isolated world, thus we install some set of modules in each user's subfolders.

My primitive understanding is .MSI revolves around a single identifying GUID and thus there only can be one identical version of a module per machine {for example, Version 3.4A (20200131), although there can be different versions residing on the same machine}. This would make the above SHARED Cloud example impossible.

QUESTION: Can InstallAware get around that restriction or not? If Yes, please sketch how. If not, then let us know, since if we are to use IA, we'll need to redesign our Shared Cloud - a big, long task.

Please get back if this is unclear. I'm trying to keep this a simple question, uncluttered by various constraints & technicalities. But it is an absolutely fundamental question.

Thanks in advance for your time with this.

In place of Windows Installer based setup, you may use InstallAware Native Engine for your installer.
https://www.installaware.com/mh5/desktop/nativeengine.htm
https://www.installaware.com/hybrid-installation-technology.htm

Native Engine can even be used to create a script which runs a series of typical installation tasks, and without having to register a package as an installed application. Btw, this should be exactly identical to what you was used to do via "wise scripts".

Let me know if you have other questions.

That's great news, Francesco, thanks! One uncertainty: I have version X9 and it has that variable "NATIVE_ENGINE" - is that an adequate version to use the feature as you described (I read some documentation that stated version X10)? Thanks.

IA X9 comes with Native Engine. You can surely use it for your tasks.

Obviously, IA X9 cannot include support for the most recent Windows OS's, and it cannot include the latest IA features as well.

Thanks for the clarification! Once we have implemented this idea for our Cloud environment, we will likely look to upgrade - we don't like to be more than a version or two behind, and IA keeps adding amazing features!