You could manifest an executable that launches the install and always prompts for elevation. However, my understanding was that the ideal was a user action that has the little shield icon on it is preferred for showing UAC. Personally, I think the decision would look less questionable if more applications and installs were better written and didn't require the whole thing to be elevated before even starting. I like that I can go through the first steps of the install process and chose features and stuff like that before requiring elevation.
-----Original Message----- From: Lewis Pringle [mailto:lewisprin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 20:20 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] When installing a WIX-v3-based installer on Vista, the UAC dialog is confusing (4b83234.msi?) Folks: I have a WIX v3-based installer, which installs just fine. However, when this installer is run under Windows Vista (with UAC enabled, and NOT running as administrator), then the UAC dialog appears in the middle of the installation process, asking "A program needs your permission to continue". I have a couple of problems with this. I think it would be less confusing to users install - if they were prompted at the BEGINNING of the installation process about the permissions requirements installed of the middle of the process. Apparently, someone at MSFT thinks otherwise, or they wouldn't have made things work this way? But I wonder if there is some straight-forward way with WIX to get the setup.exe to automatically run-as administrator? Or must I live with this (questionable) choice by Microsoft? And - more importantly - the dialog which appears - prompting the user to 'need [sic] permission to continue' - mentions as the name of the program - '4b9cb3.msi'. Its hard to see how that could be anything but a confusing name choice as its displayed to a user. Is there something I can do to get a more reasonable name displayed to the user when they see the UAC dialog? Thanks, Lewis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
