Check out Robert Flaming's series of blog posts on "Understanding UAC and MSI" at http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/tags/UAC+in+MSI/default.aspx
It's a long read, but very informative :) Sascha On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Dominique Louis <dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com> wrote: > It does makes extensive use of VBScript to populate various Properties > and to setup a pre-requisites screen. > > I've just checked with some other customers and the problem does seem to > exist on Vista as well. > > I'll have a read of that link, and will see what else I can find out. We > don't really user Windows 7/Vista in the office yet, but some customers > obviously do. Looks like I may need to setup some virtual machines for > testing. > > > Thanks for your help so far. > > Dominique. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] > Sent: 24 November 2009 17:43 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix not working with UAC and Windows 7 > > UAC has the potential to impact MSI installs a lot. Is Windows 7 the > first exposure of your setups to a UAC system? Or is this new to > Windows 7 compared to Vista or Server 2008? > > Typical issues: custom actions will not be elevated in the UI sequence > or if they're immediate in the execute sequence. If CAs run with > impersonation they will run as limited user even if the installing user > is admin. Until you narrow down "not working" it's hard to diagnose. > > http://installsite.org/pages/en/msi/articles/VistaMSI/index.htm > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:11 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Wix not working with UAC and Windows 7 > > Hi all, > Some users of our installers have reported issues with using our WiX > installer under Windows 7. > They found that disabling UAC allowed the installer to function > correctly. Is there some kind of work-around or > Manifest files I'm missing? > > I couldn't find anything useful on the internet. Has anyone else come > across this? > > > DOMINIQUE LOUIS | IS DEVELOPER, AMX DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP > AMX > > AMX UK > Auster Road > Clifton Moor > York, North Yorkshire > United Kingdom > YO30 4GD > > +44 (0) 1904 343100 office > +44 (0) 1904 343101 fax > > AMX South > 6th Floor Salisbury House > London Wall > London > United Kingdom > EC2M 5QQ > > +44 (0) 2076 529450 office > +44 (0) 8701 991661 fax > > AMX Belgium > Boerenkrijglaan, 96a > B-2260 > Westerlo > Belgium > > > + 32 (0) 1454 2763 office > + 32 (0) 1454 2766 fax > > ###################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. > > This email was scanned and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal. > ###################################################################### > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
