Just curious: do you need to "enable" SeBackupPrivilege? Something like http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387705(VS.85).aspx
-----Original Message----- From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:54 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC Phil, I am running Win7 and 5.0 of msiexec is on the system (shipped with it), and I still see the issue. Thanks. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM, wix user <wixuser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > How is the WIX support for MSI 4.5 features? We are planning to use > Multiple > transaction features. > Are there some help resource avaiable? > > Thanks > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com > >wrote: > > > Use MSI 4.5 - it got restored there. > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288 > > > > Phil Wilson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:35 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC > > > > Well I think I have figured out why the issue is occurring. > > > > The call that is failing in the custom action is LoadUserProfile(). This > > needs the SeBackupPrivilege which the windows installers service *does > not* > > have on a UAC-enabled system. > > > > Some details: > > > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vistacompatteam/archive/2006/10/19/impact-of-least-p rivilege-in-system-services.aspx > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2008/05/01/what-chang ed-in-windows-installer-4-5.aspx > > > > > http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssecurity/thread/b9ea2a0e-5 a0e-4e07-92e2-4c7e1f2c5496 > > > > Any advice or known workarounds are welcome. :) > > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Andy Clugston <clug...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Users, > > > > > > I am working on a product that needs to support Windows 7 w/ UAC > enabled. > > > The MSI has a few custom actions that perform various configuration > items > > > that I would like to keep contained within the MSI/product install. > > > > > > The custom actions are Execute='deferred' with Impersonate='no' and > they > > > are scheduled Before='InstallFinalize'. One action is a vb script, and > > the > > > other calls a native C/C++ dll. They *both* contain configuration items > > that > > > require elevated privileges. Now, I have verified that the vb script > > action > > > works fine, however the dll custom action does not. I am getting a > > > permission error from the dll custom action when it runs. > > > > > > So, it appears to me that there is a difference in the two different > > types > > > of custom actions, and how the user/system privileges are propagated > from > > > the msiexec process to these action processes. I've done some digging > > online > > > (and will continue to) regarding the issue, but have not run across > this > > > particular case with the different action types acting differently. > > > > > > I am running the MSI on a Win7 x32 system with UAC using WiX 3.0.5419. > > > > > > As always, thanks for the help. > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! > > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. 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