Re: [WiX-users] Is "perMachine" the default?

2009-11-06 Thread Markus Karg
But what actually is the difference in the outcome between not setting InstallScope and setting it to perMachine? Actually (at least on my Vista laptop) it seems what I am getting is always an elevated perMachine install. So why setting it? > -Original Message- > From: Blair [mailto:os...@

Re: [WiX-users] InstallScope="perUser" makes only sense on Windows Seven?

2009-11-06 Thread Markus Karg
Blair, once more, thank you for this interesting insights! So in short: perMachine will work everywhere the same, but perUser will work differently for Windows 7 to all the rest - on Windows 7 the MSI5 will automatically provide "privately mapped" locations, while on all other platforms the .msi

Re: [WiX-users] Per User / Per Machine

2009-11-06 Thread Markus Karg
> -Original Message- > From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 5. November 2009 23:33 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Per User / Per Machine > > InstallPrivileges is to do with whether Windows can sh

Re: [WiX-users] InstallScope="perUser" makes only sense on Windows Seven?

2009-11-06 Thread Thorsten Schöning
Guten Tag Markus Karg, am Freitag, 6. November 2009 um 10:05 schrieben Sie: > As a result, it is up to the *.msi author* to decide > *where* the software will go. I don't think that administrators will love > the idea that each .msi has some other, fancy location (they had been so > glad about the

Re: [WiX-users] WG: Upgrade and new install

2009-11-06 Thread Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare)
Hi Blair, It is great! I tried the MsiCuu2.exe to remove the broken installation. And my dll works. However, this dll will decide to start the custom action or not: if (needToStart) { value = ::MsiDoActionW(hInstaller,"StartMyCA");//"StartMyService" } But I have more custom

[WiX-users] New Entry in Add/Remove Program when upgrade

2009-11-06 Thread Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare)
Hi wix-users, I developed one setup msi. And I want it to be upgradable. The requirement is: 1. Version 1 install to PathA. (New Install) 2. Version 2 install to PathB. (New Install) 3. Version 3 install to PathA. (Upgrade) The setup meets the requairment. However, when I perform the above a