Re: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-23 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
A limited user cannot install to Program Files on XP. The default file permissions prevent it. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:h48c...@werritech.com] Sent: 21 May 2011 14:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities Greetings folks,

Re: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-23 Thread Pally Sandher
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Re: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-23 Thread Chris
On 23/05/2011 20:01, Pally Sandher wrote: > With regards to "putting the entire app into the users profile area if > on Vista+[1], or program files for XP-" just no. Correct behaviour would > be to put the app into the users profile area *regardless* of operating > system when run by a user without

Re: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-23 Thread Pally Sandher
All of what you're trying to achieve sounds eminently possible using Windows Installer. I'm not sure if non-MSI setup systems can even support advertised installation using advertised shortcuts. With regards to "putting the entire app into the users profile area if on Vista+[1], or program files f