Hello Rob,
My guess is that running the MSI from an elevated bootstrapper (not
burn) causes the issue. I now use <Util:PermissionEx> to force the
folders to be writeable for "Users". Probably a better approach than
relying on the installing user.
Theo
Op 23-4-2013 1:24, Rob Mensching schreef:
> Did you ever get this sorted out?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Theo Landman <tland...@justcroft.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I'm confused about how Impersonate works. I want to run a console
>> migration executable using the WiX CAQuitExec. The migration executable
>> copies files from a previous version of the product to a new version of
>> the product.
>> I want to run it as the installing user so I assumed that I should
>> specify Impersonate='yes'.
>> See this code snippet (using WiX 3.7):
>> <CustomAction Id='SilentMigrate50Settings_Cmd'
>> Property="SilentMigrate50Settings"
>> Value=""[#conv50to51.exe]" /auto" Execute="immediate"
>> />
>> <CustomAction Id="SilentMigrate50Settings"
>> BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
>> Impersonate='yes' HideTarget='no'
>> Execute='commit' Return='ignore'
>> />
>>
>> <InstallExecuteSequence>
>> <Custom Action='SilentMigrate50Settings' After='DuplicateFiles'>
>> NOT Installed
>> </Custom>
>> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>> However, the effect seems to be that the tool is called as the Installer
>> process. The end effect is that the files are copied by the migration
>> tool, but without the rights of the installing user in effect making the
>> copied files read-only.
>> Any hints are tips are appreciated.
>> Theo
>>
>>
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