That would be a bug. Please do open one so we don't forget about it.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Kryschan <
christian.hennig@wincor-nixdorf.com> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
>
> Rob Mensching-7 wrote:
> >
> > You're supposed to display UI and only elevate when the user does an
> > action that
> >
That is wrong.
You will get *at most one *elevation prompt with Burn. I specifically call
out that behavior in this blog entry:
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/7/14/Lets-talk-about-Burn
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Tobias S wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong. Eleva
Hi Rob,
Rob Mensching-7 wrote:
>
> You're supposed to display UI and only elevate when the user does an
> action that
> requires it.
>
I agree with that and I was searching for a while to find a programmatic way
to reqest elevation from .Net so that I can force the BA to elevate right
before i
Hi Rob,
Please correct me if I'm wrong. Elevation is done by the "chained"
installers itself and not Burn ? If so, and I run several MSI + Exe
packages thereafter each wants elevation. Then I'd highly vote at
least for an ability to embed an admin manifest without need of
mt.exe.
I mean I fully u
1. That is not the recommended way to deal with UAC from Windows. You're
supposed to display UI and only elevate when the user does an action that
requires it. This is how the Windows Installer behaves. You're also more
likely to ensure that the elevation prompt appears on top of everything
instead
> The goal is very much that a Bootstrapper Application is never
elevated.
Rob,
I would very much like for you to rethink that goal.
Granted BAs should not write to the system, but there are some
compelling reasons for allowing the BA to run elevated.
1) - Allows a user without elevation privileg
-manifest "setup.exe.manifest" -outputresource:"setup.exe"
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kryschan [mailto:christian.hennig@wincor-nixdorf.com]
> Sent: 21 July 2011 09:49
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Manifest for Bu
ristian.hennig@wincor-nixdorf.com]
Sent: 21 July 2011 09:49
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Manifest for Burn Bootstrapper
Hi!
My bootstrapper application needs to gather some information from IIS and
therefore needs to be elevated.
Is it possible to embed a mani
Hi!
My bootstrapper application needs to gather some information from IIS and
therefore needs to be elevated.
Is it possible to embed a manifest requesting the level
"requireAdministrator" into the bootstrapper? If yes how would this be done?
Best regards
Kryschan
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