There are three permission-style elements in WiX. Permission which works with all supported versions of Windows Installer (and has several known limitations), PermissionEx which works with Installer 5.0, and the WixUtilsExtension PermissionEx (doesn't use SDDL, but it is more flexible than Installer's built-in action).
-----Original Message----- From: Farooq Mahmud (Hotmail) [mailto:farooq...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Permission element question I run an msi based on the code below. [ProgramFilesFolder] gives my built-in Users group read permission but my application folder does not inherit this permission. I use Windows Explorer to create a folder under [ProgramFilesFolder] and the folder does inherit the Users permission. Is there a way through WIX to get the permission inherited? If I could move to Installer 5.0 I would use PermissionEx and set the SDDL but I need to use 4.5. Thanks. =======================================================WIX source====================================================================== ===== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Product Id="29c9a1cb-f215-4e0e-996f-e088100fa30d" Name="Security" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Security" UpgradeCode="18e7265d-6f41-45b6-aa5a-57f2bd895eed"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="Security"> <Component Id="SetFolderPermissions" Guid="{40375318-CF6B-49F3-BAC1-8A6C51AC594E}"> <CreateFolder Directory="INSTALLLOCATION"> <Permission Domain="MyDomain" User="MyAccount" GenericAll="yes" /> </CreateFolder> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="Security" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="SetFolderPermissions"/> </Feature> </Product> </Wix> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users