There's some documentation here, scroll down to Installer Detection Technology.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/00d04415-2b2f-422c-b70e-b18ff918c2811033.mspx?mfr=true Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Daintree Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:06 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe UAC elevation on Vista OK Rob, thought so. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Hamflett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe UAC elevation on Vista > Yes, this is expected. If the file looks like its an installer, then > Vista will elevate it unless > the manifest says otherwise. This was to try and aid migration to Vista. > > Rob > > John Daintree wrote: >> Hello all. >> >> I've written a standalone GUI to spawn the install of 3 separate MSIs. >> The >> gui is called setup.exe. Whenever I run setup.exe on a Vista machine I >> get >> the UAC elevation prompt. If I rename the gui to jd.exe I do NOT get the >> UAC >> elevation prompt. >> >> If I rename the file install.exe I get elevation too. It seems that a >> filename of *setup*.exe or *install*.exe is always elevated. Is this >> expected on Vista? It certainly seems odd, but also seems like something >> microsoft would do. >> >> I can add a requestedExecutionLevel entry to the manifest I guess, but I >> want to be sure that this is expected. >> >> Cheers, >> >> John. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
