A couple or four things: 1) Does "early in the installation process" mean in the UI sequence?
2) Manifests target executables, not Dlls - they run with the level of the exe that loads them. 3) If the setup.exe isn't asking for elevation via Cancel/Allow but is asking for an admin account, then it means you're not an administrator but you need to be. Someone has to provide admin credentials, either you elevated to admin or somebody "over the shoulder" on your behalf. 4) AdminUser is unreliable under Vista. http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/uac-in-msi-notes-the-a dminuser-mistake.aspx Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista! I have the following situation: I am creating an MSI in which I need to run a CA early in the installation process, the DA is in a C dll. The CA "Requires" Admin access under Vista. I am wrapping the msi in a setup.exe boot strapper that has a manifest with requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator". In my WIX project I have a condition for AdminUser and in the package I have InstallPrivileges set to elevated. The dll has requireAdministrator in its manifest. The problem that I'm having is that the code that I'm executing in my CA fails to execute correctly. I extracted the code and compiled it into an exe with the same manifest as above. When I run the exe the code completes correctly! In both cases I am getting prompted for an Admin password...which would lead one to think that the installer is running as an Admin user...but the CA fails. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Chuck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
