Hi Pie, thanks for replying. I am trying to change the configuration file after msi, because, I have to collect a lot of data (about 30, and some of them are arrays) from the user and add those data to the configuration file. So, right now, after using msi laying down the bits, another exe configuration.exe will be launched which will read the data and generate a new config file. But the problem is: I cannot launch the application with administrator rights, so I always get "Access denied" error, and there is also no "prompting window for admin rights".
Thanks a lot, Nan -----Original Message----- From: Pierson Lee (PIE) [mailto:pierson....@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to change the installed config file after msi setup Is there a reason you don't want to do it through the MSI? You can edit the config file directly using XMLConfig/ -----Original Message----- From: Nan Zang [mailto:naz...@exchange.microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:29 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to change the installed config file after msi setup Hi, I am not sure if this is a wix question. But I prefer to get some advise from the setup expert here. I want to make an msi to install files (application.exe and application.exe.config) into Program Files Folder, and then from msi to launch another application to modify the application.exe.config file. However, I found my installed folder is "read only", so the user will get "access denied error" when modifying the config file. Is it possible to make the folder (or the config file) to be writable? Or is there any regular rules for this scenario? Thanks a lot, Nan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
