Your "temporary workaround" sounds like the proper solution. Allow Windows Installer to request elevation if/when required rather than forcing it everywhere from the start. If you're using a stock WiX UI your user will be prompted with a UAC shield on the VerifyReadyDlg before the elevation request so it shouldn't be a complete surprise.
If you elevate the Iexpress SFX package, any child processes it spawns will also be elevated. Hence your Setup.exe will be elevated which in turn elevates msiexec when it runs your MSI which will then elevate your application because of the waterfall of elevated processes you have created. If you're worried about the .NET 2.0 Framework needing elevation, don't. You didn't write it & it's not required on Vista or later anyway. 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: Simon [mailto:xmu...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April 2010 10:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problems launching application after install asnon-elevated 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
