Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-16 Thread Marc Beaudry
toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges Configure on first run is a common pattern with some installs. One question I have is if it always needs to be elevated. Is the configuration tool a separate executable than the application? Does it provide

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-16 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ation. -Original Message- From: Marc Beaudry [mailto:mbeau...@matrox.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:53 AM To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges Nick, It's not a script, but

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-16 Thread Marc Beaudry
users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges Should you do this at all? Run a configuration script after the installation? In most cases, you shouldn't. It should be part of the install. Collect all the data you need for the configuration during the UI portion of the install an

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-15 Thread Nick Ramirez
Should you do this at all? Run a configuration script after the installation? In most cases, you shouldn't. It should be part of the install. Collect all the data you need for the configuration during the UI portion of the install and then use that data in deferred custom actions during the execute

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-15 Thread Marc Beaudry
Thanks for the tip Phil, it worked like a charm -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: December-15-2014 12:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges One approach, which

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-15 Thread Phill Hogland
One approach, which I have looked at, but not actually used. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981778 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Launch-Application-on-Exit-with-Elevated-Privileges-tp7598584p7598585.html Sent from the wix-users

[WiX-users] Launch Application on Exit - with Elevated Privileges

2014-12-15 Thread Marc Beaudry
Hello Everyone, Using the normal procedure I added a check box to my ExitDialog to launch my application on Exit. This works without any issues. http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run _program_after_install.html The issue I do have is that the applica