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# MS Windows Specific Services

This chapter describes modules that are only available on MS Windows platforms.

- `msilib` — Read and write Microsoft Installer files
  - Database Objects
  - View Objects
  - Summary Information Objects
  - Record Objects
  - Errors
  - CAB Objects
  - Directory Objects
  - Features
  - GUI classes
  - Precomputed tables

- `msvcrt` – Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
  - File Operations
  - Console I/O
  - Other Functions

- `_winreg` – Windows registry access
  - Registry Handle Objects

- `winsound` — Sound-playing interface for Windows

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