Re: [WiX-users] Non-adminstrator installation

has spaces (which are not allowed). That might be one of the issues. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Rogers > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > > On

Re: [WiX-users] Non-adminstrator installation

5).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367800%28VS.85%29.aspx> > ). > > Thanks, > > Brian Rogers > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Colin Bleckner >wrote:

[WiX-users] Non-adminstrator installation

Hi, I'm trying to change my installer so it can be run by users who don't have administrative privileges. I've added a limited InstallPrivileges attribute to the but I'm not sure of the best way to change the installation location. I'm currently using ProgramFilesFolder as my base location, whi

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall

ns on individual resources > isn't the way the Windows Installer works. Note, you could control the > Component state via its own Condition but (as noted before), IMHO, you're > just pushing rope. > > -Original Message- > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:co...@binarynoise.

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall

ore installing the > next version. The settings get deleted on the first uninstall so you are > left with clean settings next. > > IMHO, the best way to address the problem is to not delete user data. > > -Original Message- > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:co...@binarynoise

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall

ade, which I suspect is triggering the uninstall: On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:36 PM, puyo puy wrote: > Have you try to put removeOnUninstall in Action attribute ? More details > > > > > ________ > From: Colin Bleckner > To: wix-users@lists.source

[WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall

I have a RemoveRegistryKey element that I'm using to clean up the registry on uninstall. However I've noticed that it's also being triggered during upgrades (when the previous version is uninstalled before the new version gets installed). I was hoping to attach some sort of condition attribute to

[WiX-users] Counting uninstalls

Hey guys, I've been toying with the idea of adding a simple server notification during the uninstall process. Something as simple as pinging my server when the application is uninstalled. Does WiX support sending a simple HTTP request during the install (or uninstall in my case) process? Thanks

Re: [WiX-users] ALLUSERS property and upgrades

nique to that previous version, then > (impersonating Rob) I'd do a ComponentSearch for that component guid, then > that property can be used in a launch condition. > > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [WiX-users] ALLUSERS property and upgrades

: > I think you are stuck with the dialog option. Per-user can only uninstall > that user, and per-machine can only uninstall per-machine, AFAIK. > > > -Original Message- > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:38 PM >

[WiX-users] ALLUSERS property and upgrades

A previous version of my installer erroneously included a ALLUSERS property line: I tried taking it out in my new installer (I want the application to be installed on a per-user basis) but noticed that installing over an old version no longer removes the previous installation. Searching the ma

[WiX-users] Prevent RemoveFolder actions during an upgrade

Hey all, My installer uses to uninstall any previous versions of my application during an install, which is working fine for the most part. However, one of my components contains of a bunch of registry settings that I clean up on uninstall. I'm currently achieving this by including a in that c

[WiX-users] Adding text to WixUI_*?

Hey guys, Is it possible to customize the text of the preexisting WixUI_* installers? I'm using the WixUI_InstallDir wizard and I'd love to add a note on the last page of the installer. Looking through the tutorial I see that I can build my own version of WiX to add insertions to existing wizards

Re: [WiX-users] Better way to handle upgrades?

t; messing something up. I also feel like I need to add another section to > the > Upgrade block to handle my new install code. > > Thanks for your help! > Colin > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In article <

Re: [WiX-users] Better way to handle upgrades?

3:21 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Colin Bleckner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Which means that what I'm doing isn't a great long term solution. Is > there > > another way to g

Re: [WiX-users] Better way to handle upgrades?

ace all of my previous ones without bumping the max version on every build? On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:45 PM, John Cooper (Volt) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:40 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.

[WiX-users] Better way to handle upgrades?

Hey all, I build a lot of installers for my project. In an attempt to make it easy for users to install a newer version over an existing installation, I've been doing this: Every time I do a build I bump the InstallVersion "X" up one. It's obviously a hack, but h

[WiX-users] Set MSI icon?

Is there a way to specify the .ico to use as the icon for the MSI that WiX creates? I'm using ARPPRODUCTICON which seems to correctly set the icon that's displayed in add/remove programs pane, but I haven't found a way to set the MSI's icon. Am I missing something simple? Thanks! ---

Re: [WiX-users] Problem compiling in VS2005 (wix 3.0.4624)

dn.com/jasongin/archive/2008/07/09/votive-project-platform-configurations.aspx > > > -----Original Message- > From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:24 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Problem comp

[WiX-users] Problem compiling in VS2005 (wix 3.0.4624)

Hi, I recently upgraded to the most recently weekly build and my installer no longer compiles in Visual Studio 2005. If I attempt a build it just says "== Build: 0 succeeded or up-to-date, 0 failed, 1 skipped ==" I've tried everything under the Build menu to try to force a clean

[WiX-users] Missing Ok button text in conditions

Hey all, I have some tags in my installer that work correctly, but when they're triggered the 'Ok' button doesn't have any text in it. All I see is a popup with my error message and a blank button. Clicking the empty button works, but it looks kinda broken. Anyone seen anything like this b

Re: [WiX-users] Error accessing Visual Studio project settings

know which version. I assume >> it's 2005. >> >> Justin >> >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Bleckner >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:51 AM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

[WiX-users] Error accessing Visual Studio project settings

Has anyone seen anything like this before? I have a WiX project that used to behave correctly in Visual Studio. However, when I now try to view the project settings now I get an error that says "Could not load type 'System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangingEventHandler' from assembly 'System, Ve

Re: [WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper around my MSI?

this comment isn't all that helpful, but maybe it will point you in the right direction. Can you actually tell where the registration is sequenced? Kelly *Colin Bleckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/2008 05:04 PM To Neil Enns &

Re: [WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper around my MSI?

ister correctly when UAC is disabled but fail when running with elevated permissions? Is there a difference between running with UAC disabled and running with elevated permissions? Colin Colin Bleckner wrote: Ah, I've never heard of iexpress. Seems simple and pretty much perfect, exce

Re: [WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper around my MSI?

*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Leahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:11 PM *To:* Colin Bleckner *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper aroun

[WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper around my MSI?

I know this is a total cop out, but I don't know how else to deal with my Vista UAC issues right now. :( People have mentioned that one way around some of the issues is to create an EXE wrapper that requests elevated permissions and then runs my MSI. Is this easy to create? I'd like to try t

Re: [WiX-users] Manually trigger UAC

u want. MSI SDK has more info about ALLUSERS. *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Colin Bleckner *Sent:* Thursday, May 22, 2008 13:25 *To:* Wilson, Phil *Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Manually trigger UAC Alright, I th

Re: [WiX-users] Manually trigger UAC

istrator privilege, and if that gets elevated then the launched MSI will also be elevated. Phil Wilson *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Kelly Leahy *Sent:* Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:54 PM *To:* Colin Bleckner *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lis

[WiX-users] Manually trigger UAC

I'm having problems with my installer and Vista's UAC. I'm looking for a short term solution that I can put in place while I try to figure out a real solution. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to do one of two things: - Manually trigger the UAC in my installer. I think I have some strange

[WiX-users] Registering a dll in Vista

Wow, this has been a long two days in WiX world. I've been trying to register a single DLL with WiX. I started by using heat to capture all the registry keys set by my DLL. (Feature request: it would be AWESOME if heat.exe returned some sort of error message in Vista telling me that even tho

Re: [WiX-users] Allow installer to install over itself

doing that with the WiX toolset here: http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases. Major upgrades work just fine then. *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Colin Bleckner *Sent:* Monday, May 05, 2008 11:10 *To:* Ken MacDonald *Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Only start install if specific application isn't running?

Well I've finally upgraded to WiX 3 so I can try this out. However, it doesn't seem to like the "Property" or "RebootPrompt" attributes ("The util:CloseApplication element contains an unexpected attribute 'Property'."). Not sure what to do to get around that. Any ideas? Colin Bob Arnson wro

Re: [WiX-users] Allow installer to install over itself

led - it seems to just install fine over the last one every time. Details a little hazy as it's been a while, but sounds like it could work for you. HTH, Ken On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Colin Bleckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Hey guys,

[WiX-users] Allow installer to install over itself

Hey guys, I'm building an application that's going through lots of small revisions right now. It's annoying to install, though, because we must first uninstall the previous installation, then install the new one. I'm trying to figure out how to fix this. The application is internal, alpha q

[WiX-users] Only start install if specific application isn't running?

Hi, I'd like my installer to display an error if a user tries to start an installation while a certain application is running (like Internet Explorer, for example). Is it possible to detect whether an application or process is running with WiX and build a condition from it? Thanks, Colin ---