Re: [WiX-users] Installation permissions - Windows won't let the installer create a file

2014-11-19 Thread Phil Wilson
You may have to be more explicit. I suspect that it's not the installer that's changing the file - it's your code in a custom action. An elevated install can write data pretty much everywhere. However an impersonated custom action running from that install will not be elevated and therefore cannot

[WiX-users] Installation permissions - Windows won't let the installer create a file

2014-11-18 Thread jason.smallman
Hi, In my installer and in a previous thread, I change a file in my application folder. However, the permissions on the test PC allow the installer to create the folder, copy the files, change registry settings but don't allow it to overwrite a file. All these actions are being done as part of