It's been a while since I used WiX 2.0 but I would check what your Execute & Impersonate attributes are for your custom action. AFAIK you should set Execute="deferred" & Impersonate="no" but I may be wrong as it's been a long time since I've messed with UAC & Custom Actions (Rob M & others on the list drummed the idea that Custom Actions are bad into me during my formative WiX years so I try to avoid using them as much as possible).
Does your MSI ask for elevation on Vista before it begins the InstallExecuteSequence? The "Install" button on the PrepareDlg will have the UAC shield & you'll see the UAC prompt after you click it if it does. It should be OK in that case with the above attributes on your Custom Action. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Andy.Kruger [mailto:appr...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 March 2010 12:56 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Set a registry value upon clicking finish button I have added custom action to Finish button that launches a C# exe. Also I have added an admin manifest to say that it requires elevation. It sets the registry value on Windows XP. But when i run the installer on Vista with UAC enabled and click finish button, its neither updating the registry nor throwing the UAC prompt. Am i missing something here?? Please help ----- Andy MSI Developer Schneider Electric:working: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
