It's because the folder is read-only unless you have full admin rights. You
can have the installer
make it writable like this:
<Directory Id="examples" Name="examples">
<Component Id="examples_permissions" Guid="GUID_GOES_HERE">
<CreateFolder>
<Permission GenericAll="yes" Read="yes" ReadAttributes="yes"
CreateChild="yes" Delete="yes"
DeleteChild="yes" WriteAttributes="yes" User="Everyone" />
</CreateFolder>
</Component>
</Directory>
Rob
On 04/06/2010 15:33, Kshama Bafna (Persistent Systems Private Ltd) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have created an MSI using WIX and the installation is done correctly by the
> MSI. When I install my application to D:\MyApp, the application works fine
> and as expected it writes a few files in the same location. However, when I
> install the application at C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApp location, the
> application is unable to write the files in the installed location and it
> throws an exception 'Access Denied'. I do not get this exception when I run
> the application as 'Run as Administrator'.
>
> Please let me know how can I get rid of this exception. Are there any
> permissions which could be set in the WIX file for the folder?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kshama
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