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 | Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack |
The Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack, Version 1.2 (XPS Essentials Pack) contains components that enable you to view, generate and index XPS Documents.
- With the XPS Essentials Pack you can quickly begin reading and generating XPS Documents. It contains XPS Viewer EP to read XPS Documents and the Microsoft XPS Document Writer to output files to the XPS Document format
Additionally, the XPS Essentials Pack download includes providers to enable the iPreview and iFilter capabilities found in many Windows applications. Windows shell handlers are also included to enable thumbnail views and file properties for XPS Documents.
Files
 | Status: DeletedThis download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020. |
| File | Size |
|---|---|
 XPSEP Vista 32 bit.msuSHA1: fcaa9a27bee328b164d8b382a94f62f217bb3260 | 1.93 MB |
| XPSEP Vista 64 bit.msu SHA1: 1e4a08934bc72660722948bead7886c12940119f | 2.81 MB |
 XPSEP XP and Server 2003 32 bit.msiSHA1: 5d332ebd1025e294adafe72030fe33db707b2c82 | 7.20 MB |
| XPSEP XP and Server 2003 64 bit.msi SHA1: f41d79339a29b24cac3b2c3a17a4208c561ad40c | 9.41 MB |
System Requirements
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Installation Instructions
- Click the Download button to start the download
- Do one of the following:
- To start the installation immediately, click Run.
- To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.
- To cancel the installation, click Cancel.