Thanks Sascha. I'll look into it.
________________________________ From: Sascha Beaumont <sascha.beaum...@gmail.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 1:33:35 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to launch application as Standard User while the installer ran as Admin Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/765665.aspx You can probably use MSIREALADMINDETECTION to make the AdminUser property behave as you require. Sascha On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:08 AM, little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com> wrote: > Our installer needs Admin right to run. So a "Standard user" has to run the > installer "run as Admin". On the final page of the installer, we have a > "Launch application" option. So the user can check that option and launch the > application. Our application will ask a license key. The user inputs the > license key. But the key will be saved in "C:\Documents and > Settings\Administrator\Application Data" folder. Then the user exits the > application. And run the application again by using the normal "Standard > user" privilege. Then the application will ask the license key again, because > the license key wasn't saved in the right folder such as "C:\Documents and > Settings\JoeSmith\Application Data". > > How to resolve this problem? > > I'm thinking two options: > 1. The user can "run as admin". But the application will be launched by using > "Standard user". This way, the license key input by the user will be saved in > the correct spot, namely, the users setting folder like "C:\Documents and > Settings\JoeSmith\Application Data". But how to do it? > 2. If there is a way that the installer can detect this installation was from > "run as admin", then set a property. Then in the final page's launch > application option, we'll check this property. If it's set then we disable > the "launch application" option. This will stop the user "running the > application as admin" - they don't need to input license key two times. Is > there a way to detect if the installation "run as admin"? > > By the way, we're using the code example from Wix.chm "How To: Run the > Installed Application After Setup" section. > > Thanks in advance. > /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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
