Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

ke setting the executable's working directory to that folder. It looks like you need a verbose log. Experimentally you can keep moving the custom action down the sequence until it starts failing. Or try after RemoveFolders to see if that's where it starts to fail. Phil -Original

Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

in that area of the uninstall. Phil -----Original Message- From: Brownfield, Cory [mailto:cbrownfi...@aeci.org] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 7:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped? To illustrate a problem I'm having with a re

[WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

To illustrate a problem I'm having with a real project, I created a test script that runs a custom action that requires elevated privileges during uninstalls. If I configure it to run before "InstallFinalize" (deferred, no impersonation), the uninstall fails to complete. The event log says "A

[WiX-users] Project reference question

My team has decided to add only the top-level project reference to the WiX project in each solution. We typically have simple builds where each solution has one WiX project that builds a single MSI. So if we have a service solution, we will be adding a single project reference to our WiX proje

Re: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors; subsequent builds don't

36530.aspx On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Brownfield, Cory wrote: > It *was* a vbscript.dll registration issue. I followed the > instructions here > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/06/07/3151752.aspx > (following the 64-bit bits) to fix the problem. I have no idea h

Re: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors; subsequent builds don't

build machine(s) (at least during builds). -Blair -----Original Message- From: Brownfield, Cory [mailto:cbrownfi...@aeci.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:18 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors; subsequent builds don't Setup: Windows

[WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors; subsequent builds don't

Setup: Windows 7 64-bit (fully patched) Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate WiX 3.5 build 2430 (latest weekly) I've recently noticed a problem with all my WiX projects. Trying to build after a change or after a clean, I get a set of ICE errors. So rebuilding always gives me these errors and follow

[WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

I'm using WiX version 3.0.4617.0. A component can have its GUID defined like this : Guid="*" if under a standard directory. Here's a portion of the error message returned when trying to install to a nonstandard location: "Since this path is not rooted in one of the standard directories (like Pro