Re: [WiX-users] Run a custom exe with administrator privileges with burn

2011-07-05 Thread Michael Stoll
So I added a feature request (3354758). I stick with the second prompt for now, because I want to start the application when the boostrapper closes. Michael Am 05.07.2011 17:20, schrieb Rob Mensching: > Burn doesn't have anything built in to do this yet, although we've talked > about it a lot.

Re: [WiX-users] Run a custom exe with administrator privileges with burn

2011-07-05 Thread Rob Mensching
Burn doesn't have anything built in to do this yet, although we've talked about it a lot. Currently, you'd have to schedule your ExePackage as the last thing in the Chain and mark it @PerMachine="yes". Then you'd have to have your BA or a very cleverly designed InstallCondtiion control when the Exe

Re: [WiX-users] Run a custom exe with administrator privileges with burn

2011-07-05 Thread Rob Hamflett
I don't know much about how Burn works, sorry. The only thing that springs to mind is if Burn itself was elevated. Rob On 05/07/2011 14:54, Michael Stoll wrote: > I tried starting the application in the close command of the mba. But > then the user is prompted twice for administration privileg

Re: [WiX-users] Run a custom exe with administrator privileges with burn

2011-07-05 Thread Michael Stoll
I tried starting the application in the close command of the mba. But then the user is prompted twice for administration privileges (Once by burn and once by the app). So I assume that the UI is running without elevation. Is it possible to tell burn to run the application from within the elevat

Re: [WiX-users] Run a custom exe with administrator privileges with burn

2011-07-05 Thread Rob Hamflett
If you run a process that requires admin privileges then it will prompt, unless you run it from a process that is already elevated. If Burn is elevated then you'll be fine, otherwise you'll get the prompt. Rob On 05/07/2011 11:30, Michael Stoll wrote: > Hi, > > I want to start an application