That particular issue has been discussed before and we'd like to have a solution for it that doesn't require pre-elevating. Know how, just haven't had the solution written.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Carlos Alberto Costa Beppler < bepp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, but it would be nice to have an option to change the manifest. > > I want this because we have to install web applications on IIS and want to > show options to user to select in which website and which application pool > the web application should run. > > On IIS 7+, only admin users can access this kind of information. > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > wrote: > > > What you are seeing is the recommended best practices for Windows. Don't > > elevate until necessary. Only put the shield on the button that causes > > elevation. Burn does all that, except you have to put the shield on the > > "Install" button because your BA shows that. <smile/> > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Hoover, Jacob > > <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > > > > > The Shield icon on the EXE is caused by a manifest change > > > enforcing that the EXE always runs as admin. There might also be > > something > > > hokey if it's named "Setup", but I wouldn't expect that to live > forever. > > > The reason some other installer have the shield icon is they took the > > lazy > > > way out and always run as an elevated process. If you do it the Wix > way, > > > you isolate yourself from potentially modifying global state (though > you > > > could still pollute per user stuff). > > > > > > I know several have asked in the past about embedding a custom > > > manifest in a bundle, but I don't think it's supported nor advised. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] > > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:58 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > The Burn setup is an exe file, I think that could be a built in way to > > > make the UAC appear on the setup.exe icon.I have read that to make the > > > Shield appear is necessary to add it to the manifest, could be this > > > automated using Wix Burn? > > > > > > > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > > > > To: afor...@cmu.edu; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:47:09 +0000 > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > So your resulting file is a MSI? In which case, there is no way of > > > putting a manifest in it or changing its icon. > > > > > > > > If your file is an exe, then you are using some other tool to bundle > > the > > > MSI into an exe. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > > > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:31 PM > > > > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > Oh whoops, I'm not using burn (only using candle and light), so my > > > previously-posted code might not be useful (because I don't know a > thing > > > about burn). > > > > > > > > Sorry for the possible confusion. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] > > > > Sent: April 19, 2013 15:15 > > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > My Burn installed works well, but I'm asking if it could have the UAC > > > > shield on the big icon when it appear in a folder with large image > > > > size like desktop, I have seen that other installers have this UAC > > > > shield on the setup.exe icon > > > > > > > > > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > > > > > To: afor...@cmu.edu; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:07:28 +0000 > > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > > > Burn should only elevate once, and only when it needs to. Since > Burn > > > can install per-user, it won't elevate on initial start of the exe. > Your > > > BA should elevate automatically when *apply* (I believe) happens. The > > > install/modify/remove button inside your BA should be the ones to have > a > > > Shield. > > > > > > > > > > If you are forcing the non-elevated instance to be elevated, odds > are > > > it's because you are doing "bad things" inside your BA. Your BA should > > not > > > modify machine state. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:55 PM > > > > > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > > > That's pretty surprising. This is how our installer requests admin > > > privileges: > > > > > > > > > > <Condition Message="This installer requires administrator > privileges > > > to run."> > > > > > Privileged > > > > > </Condition> > > > > > > > > > > Alain > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] > > > > > Sent: April 19, 2013 13:49 > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] How to Add UAC Shield on Bunrn setup.exe > > > > > > > > > > I have made a Burn setup, when it start it ask to elevate the > > > privileges, so I would expect that on the setup there was the UAC > shield, > > > but there was no.Is there a property to set to make the system > recognize > > > that the setup need to elevate privileges, or is it a bug? > > > > > I'm using last version of wix 3.7 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > > > > > -------- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of > > > > > advanced analytics on semi-structured data. 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