MSDN does not indicate any problems or recommand not doing this. As a matter of fact MSDN provided the instruction for omitting the registration of application at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367519.aspx Exactly what kind issues I might get into if I do this. Please advise. Thx!
From: "Mike Dimmick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Leo ...'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to prevent the Publish* standardactionsfromshowing up.
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:58:08 +0100
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If you want a self-extracting ZIP file, use one. Dont abuse Windows Installer. Itll bite back.
Consider NSIS. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
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From: Leo ... [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 June 2007 20:56
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to prevent the Publish* standard actionsfromshowing up.
What I want to do is creating a wrapper to display a dialog and then extract some files to disk. Kind of like a self extracting zip file. I don't want to make it a setup program where the user/admin needs to remove it. Wouldn't removing these actions prevent the product from been registered as well as caching of the msi in the system therefore works the same as a self extracting zip file?
From: "Mike Dimmick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Leo ...'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:34:17 +0100
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Im guessing youre trying to prevent the end-user from uninstalling your package. Dont do this. Its the users machine, not yours. If, as a network administrator, you want to stop your users uninstalling software, its simple: make them a standard user.
If you really want to hide the component from Add/Remove Programs, set the ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT property to 1. Again, its the users computer, not yours.
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Sent: 18 June 2007 03:59
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Subject: [WiX-users] How to prevent the Publish* standard actions fromshowing up.
How do you define the InstallExecuteSequence table in WIX so that the standard actions PublishFeatures, PublishProduct, RegisterProduct and RegisterUsers won't show up? thx!
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