You'll need to ship two separate MSI files if you want to do this using Windows Installer.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > It is by design of Windows Installer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:41 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Setting Permissions on a 64 bit system folder from a 32 > bit msi. > > Hi, > I am trying to set permissions on a folder under system32 on > 64bit windows in a 32 bit msi. I know this is not great from a security > perspective but it's currently a requirement of the application. We wont > use the everyone account in the real installer. > > Like so... > > <Directory Id="WindowsFolder"> > <Directory Id="System32" Name="System32"> > <Directory Id="inetsrv" Name="inetsrv"> > <Directory Id="config" Name="config"> > <Component Id="Redirect.config.x64" Guid="*" > Win64="yes"> > <Condition>VersionNT64</Condition> > <RegistryValue Action="write" Root="HKLM" > Key="$(var.RegistryPath)" Name="Redirect.configPermissions.x64" > Value="1" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" /> > > <CreateFolder> > <util:PermissionEx User="Everyone" Read="yes" > ReadAttributes="yes" ReadPermission="yes" Traverse="yes" > GenericRead="yes" /> > </CreateFolder> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > > The registry key is not being redirected so is behaving as expected but > the permission is being redirected to SysWow64. > If I build the MSI as 64 bit, it works as expected. > > Is this a bug? Does anyone have any suggesions on how to set these > permissions from a 32 bit msi. I really wouldn't like to have to ship > two msis as I have managed to get around needing them so far and our > application is a 32 bit one. > > Issue 1814863 in the bugs database > (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1814863&group_ > id=105970&atid=642714) implies that you can set permissions on registry > keys like this so I would have expected that I could do it with a > folder. > > > > Dave > </pre> > <BR style="font-size:4px;"> > <a href = "http://www.sdl.com";><img src="http://www.sdl.com/images/email > logo_150dpi-01.png" alt="www.sdl.com" border="0"/></a> > <BR> > <font face="arial" size="2" "><a href = "http://www.sdl.com"; > style="color:005740; font-weight: bold">www.sdl.com</a> > <BR> > <BR> > <font face="arial" size="1" color="#736F6E"> > <b>SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved.</b> > If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires > that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and > we further request that you advise us.<BR> > SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 02675207.<BR> > Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 > 7DY, UK. > </font> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
