Re: [WiX-users] starting a service after install, when user is not an admin?

2012-03-20 Thread Christopher Painter
The checkbox can't be on the setup finished dialog because the installer is no longer elevated as it's after the installation transaction. The correct approach would be to put the checkbox in the UI before the Ready To Install dialog. Have the checkbox set a property and use that property i

Re: [WiX-users] Starting a service after install

2008-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Jaco Pretorius wrote: It works fine if I start the service after install, so I suppose this is the only reason why it wouldn't be able to start. Is there any other way to start a service after install? I had a look at customactions, but I couldn't get it to work. Not that I know of. --

Re: [WiX-users] Starting a service after install

2008-02-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Jaco Pretorius wrote: I am trying to install a very simple service and then start the service. The first part works fine, the latter part fails with the message "Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.". A common cause is that the service has dependencies (e.