It's my understanding there's still an issue. The launched program is running as limited Administrator. If it offers anything that can Shell launch an executable that has a requiresAdministrator manifest then that program will then prompt to elevate to administrator. A file Browse dialog might even offer that possibility.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Launching an application at the end of Install (usingWIX V2) Wilson, Phil wrote: > Keep in mind that on UAC systems that allow an over the shoulder install you > might find that a non-Administrator gets an Administrator to supply > credentials, and the app will launch at the end with Administrator > credentials, leaving the non-Administrator with a privileged app running. I > believe the MSI team discourages this type of launch because of the potential > security breach. > That's a problem only if there's a "requireAdministrator" setup.exe that launches the .msi package. Otherwise, only the execute sequence runs elevated and the UI sequence has limited privileges. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
