Because of various other factors, I require from users to have admin rights when installing and running the app. So this is not a problem for me (at least not for now).
But you don't have to be admin to install the application. Administrator can approve of certain MSI to be installed by non-elevated users on his network and MSI takes care of elevating the rights so that, for example, folders and files can be created in Program Files. I tested this scenario once: I allowed all users on my machine to run MSI and as non-elevated user I had no problem installing the app. I had problems running it because some of installed apps write to Program Files subfolders, but that's another issue. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Singer [mailto:w...@regnis.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7 Tony, how do you catch the case, that your user only can install applications elevated as administrator (don't assume everybody is admin on his/her machine)? Wouldn't the quick launch shortcut then only appear on the administrator's quick launch bar and hence is invisible for the normal user(s)? Tom On 17.12.2009 21:53, Tony Juricic wrote: > The right substitute for Vista/XP like Quick Launch shortcut is to make the > link pinned to the taskbar (IMO). > > It appears as simple as putting the shortcut in User Pinned\TaskBar subfolder > of Quick Launch folder in Windows 7. > > <!-- Quick Launch per-user folder --> > <Directory Id="QL1" SourceName="Application Data"> > <Directory Id="QL2" Name="Microsoft"> > <Directory Id="QL3" Name="Internet Explorer"> > <Directory Id="QL4" Name="Quick Launch" /> > <Directory Id="QL5" Name="User Pinned" /> > <Directory Id="QL6" Name="TaskBar" /> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > Now, I can condition the installation of the component containing the > Shortcut element. > When OS is Windows 7 shortcut gets created in QL6 directory, otherwise in QL4. > > Since this would unnecessarily create User Pinned\TaskBar folders on Vista > and XP, does anybody know if there is a more elegant way to accomplish the > same goal? TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
