Best solution I've used in the past was to schedule a reboot, it really depends on your app and your deployment requirements as to what will work for you.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:13 AM, little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sascha. I see your points. > > > It looks like there is no any other workarounds, correct? > > > > ________________________________ > From: Sascha Beaumont <sascha.beaum...@gmail.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:35:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to force to launch application in silent install > mode? > > Hi, > > With regards to the quicklaunch shortcut, the checkbox is just setting > a property, no different to setting the property on the command line. > The property is set when InstallExecuteSequence runs, and you most > likely have a condition on your quicklaunch component that checks the > property. > > With regards to launching the application, you're tying the launch to > the "Finish" button in the InstallUiSequence rather than to something > that happens during InstallExecuteSequence. > > The following page might help explain the sequence: > http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/765452.aspx > > > Sascha > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:00 AM, little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com> > wrote: >> Thanks Sascha. >> >> >> It's good to know that the InstallUISequence is never executed in quite >> mode. But in another case, I set a property in command line argument, it >> seems working. I mean, we have a checkbox called "Install Quick Launch >> shortcut". By default it's off. So the quick launch shortcut isn't created >> by default. In command line, I added this 'INSTALLQUICKLAUNCHSHORTCUT="1"' >> in command line, then in quite installation, the quick launch shortcut was >> created. So it seems working. I wonder why the similar case for "Launch >> application" on the final page would be different? I thought it's supposed >> to work the same way as the quick launch shortcut, right? >> >> Let me know if you know the reason. >> >> By the way, the reason we need to launch the application in quite >> installation is because these: >> we have an auto-update mechanism. The idea is, the application will >> periodically check if there is any new build available in our provisioning >> server. If there is any new version, then ask the end user if she wants to >> download it and install it. If the end user says yes, then we'll download it >> and install it. After installation of the new version, we'd like to >> automatically launch the application, because the previous status of the >> application was in running state. This is just like when you update your >> browser like Firefox or Chrome. I think it's okay if the application isn't >> launched by default in quite mode. But by setting some kind of property, the >> application will be launched in quite mode. This will satisfy both the >> network admin scenario as what you mentioned, and our case. >> >> Anyways, since it's not supported, I'll think about if I can schedule this >> launching action in our bootstrapper - we have a bootstrapper for the >> installer. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Sascha Beaumont <sascha.beaum...@gmail.com> >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:06:13 PM >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to force to launch application in silent >> install mode? >> >> In quite mode, the InstallUISequence is never executed, so the >> checkbox doesn't even really "exist" (only the property related to the >> checkbox) >> >> The documentation shows how to tie in execution to when the user >> clicks the "Finish" button - this button never exists and is never >> pushed in a silent installation so the application will never launch. >> >> Launching an application automatically during a quiet installation >> sounds like a *really bad idea* - what if someone pushes out the >> installation via Group Policy? How does your application handle being >> executed under a system administrator account with no desktop to >> interact with? >> >> Your best bet is to schedule the application to launch at next login >> using the RunOnce registry key, and then forcing a reboot >> post-install. That way you can be certain the application will launch >> in a user context, rather than in an elevated context - even though >> the reboot may be an inconvenience at least you'll end up with a more >> reliable setup thats isn't dependent on "how" the user chooses to >> install (command line, elevated, non-elevated, group policy, quiet, >> interactive, etc). >> >> >> Sascha >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM, little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com> >> wrote: >>> In our code, we have this: >>> >>> <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX" Value="1" /> >>> >>> >>> So the checkbox is checked by default. I thought that means "launch the >>> application by default". But the application was not launched in >>> quite(silent) mode: >>> msiexec /i myapp.msi /qr >>> >>> I then tried to set property in command line, it didn't work either: >>> msiexec /i myapp.msi WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX="1" /qr >>> >>> Do you know how to automatically launch the application in quiet(silent) >>> mode? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com> >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:20:58 PM >>> Subject: [WiX-users] How to force to launch application in silent install >>> mode? >>> >>> I'd like to know how to force to launch the application in silent install >>> mode. I thought this would work: >>> >>> msiexec /i myapp.msi WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX="1" /qr >>> >>> But after installation, the application wasn't launched. By the way, we use >>> the 'standard' way from Wix.chm("How To: Run the Installed Application >>> After Setup") for the 'launch application'. How can I make the application >>> run anyways after a silent installation? >>> >>> By the way, from the log, the CustomAction "LaunchApplication" never run. I >>> don't know why it didn't run. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> /Brian >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________________________ >>> Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet >>> Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at >>> http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day >>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus >>> on >>> what you do best, core application coding. 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