>From what I've read (but not verified), Vista still supports setting programs >that require elevation to run at startup--however they will start in a limbo >state that is not actually running and display some passive notification (in >the taskbar or system tray) indicating that the user must authorize them >before they will run, but the good thing is that they won't take over the >desktop at every boot, so can be theoretically ignored.
That said, it's still not the best design to do this at every startup. Although I don't know much about them, Services might be a better option, which will run at system startup if set to. ==== Using the start group is probably failing on Vista because your problem is requesting to be run elevated. I think you will have the same problem even if you use the Run key. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________ From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 20/11/2008 23:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup? Use the Run registry key. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Deadman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 15:52 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup? I want my installer to make the program start on windows startup. At the moment I'm just adding a shortcut to the program to the Startup folder in the Start menu, which works fine on Windows XP but fails on Vista. Is there a "proper" way to do this? Or a work-around so that the program will start on Vista startup? The code in the wxs file is this: <Directory Id="StartupFolder" Name="Startup"> <Component Id="StartupMenuItem" Guid="MYGUID"> <util:InternetShortcut Id="TrayIconStartupShortcut" Name="AppName" Target="[INSTALLDIR]app.exe" Directory="StartupFolder"/> <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveStartupItems" On="uninstall"/> <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="SOFTWARE\A\B \StartupMenuitem"> <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="Default Value"/> </RegistryKey> </Component> </Directory> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
