You can use a LaunchCondition with the NETFRAMEWORK35 Property in WixNetfxExtension to check for .NET 3.5 Framework (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixnetfxextension.htm)
Non-administrator users can't write to ProgramFilesFolder so author your installer to default to LocalAppDataFolder (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369768.aspx). Make sure you set the InstallPrivileges & InstallScope Elements on your Package appropriately (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_package.htm). I'm not sure if you need to do anything special for Shortcuts. I think as long as ALLUSERS is not set they should be per-user rather than per-machine but I can't be sure without testing. The How-To for shortcuts (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm) uses a HKCU RegistryValue for it's KeyPath so I think it's fair to assume that's the case. Good Luck. 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: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] Sent: 13 April 2010 14:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Creating MSI for non admin user I have been tasked with writing a installer for an .NET application (consisting of a few DLLs and an exe) such that I can install it for a user that does not have admin rights. Presumably this means doing a per-user install of the application. I simply need to install the application files and create a desktop/start menu shortcuts for the user. In addition, the application is based on .NET 3.5 so I will need to detect if it already installed on the machine, and if not, install it (or tell the user how to do it). Does anyone see any potential problems/issues here? Are there any guidelines about how to do a per user install (eg, things like "Install app files to location X", create shortcuts in location 'Y' etc.)? What is the easiest/standard way to deal with the .NET framework installation issue? Do I need admin rights to even detect whether the correct version is already installed? I did try googling around for answers to some of these (there is a load of stuff out there) but I couldn't find anything that answers my basic questions. I apologise if these questions come up again and again. Thanks sanjay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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
