Hi, Sorry to clarify - in my previous post, when I mentioned "RunAsAdministrator" I meant manifested as "requiresAdministrator" .
Thanks, Simon On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Simon <xmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I need some help in launching our Application correctly once the WiX MSI > installer has completed. > > Currently I have the following setup: > > (a) An IExpress Self Extracter executable. This has a manifest set to > RunAsAdministrator for UAC compatibility. > > (b) The self-extracter then runs a bootstrapper application "Setup.exe". > This was created using Visual Studio 2005 and installs .NET 2.0 as a > prerequisite. It then proceeds to run the MSI. The bootstrapper also has a > manifest set to RunAsAdministrator. > > (c) The bootstrapper launches the MSI which was written using WiX version > 3.0. The MSI installs the application correctly and then shows a checkbox > in the last screen allowing the user to Launch the Application. The > application is launched using a custom action as follows: > > <Property Id="WixShellExecTarget" Value="[#MyApp.exe]" /> > <CustomAction Id="LaunchFile" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" > Impersonate="yes" Execute="immediate"/> > > > The Problem: > -------------------- > Even though the application launches correctly I have noticed that the > application is running in UAC elevated mode. We want to make sure that the > application is not run in elevated mode as it may cause issues for us. > > Temporary Workaround: > ----------------------------------- > I was able to solve this issue by setting the manifest of the > Self-Extracter and the Bootstrapper to AsInvoker. This causes the UAC > prompt to show up half way through the MSI install, and the application is > launched correctly. My concern is that unless we set the Self-Extracter and > Bootstrapper to RunAsAdministraor then we will have compatibility issues > when deploying our installers. > > Ideal Situation: > ---------------------- > Ideally we set the Self-Extracter, Bootstrapper and MSI to > RunAsAdministrator in elevated mode, but the application is then launched > in non-elevated mode. > > > Does anyone know how to achieve this? Thank you in advance for you help! > > Regards, > Simon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
