Although being able to specify perUser or perMachine is superficially very appealing, it has significant implications for patching and upgrading that are unacceptable in many deployment scenarios.
Make sure you're will to live with ALL of those implications. In my experience, too many products are deployed perMachine, but network administrators have certain expectations about who can patch and upgrade across a network or over a farm that perUser breaks (in particular, there's a nearly universal expectation that they can see all installed products from an appropriately permissioned user). Also, I believe this is only really going to work if you limited yourself to installing on Windows Installer Service 5.0 or later. Will that work for you? For example, that will totally cut out support for XP and Server 2003. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: jo...@msli.com [mailto:jo...@msli.com] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Add install InstallScopeDlg to WixUI_InstallDir.wxs Hay anyone modified WixUI_InstallDir.wxs to enable a per-user vs. per-machine install? I really like the flow of WixUI_InstallDir, but I need to add an install scope (per-user vs per-machine), to make it more like the old VS Setup Project. I am trying to take pars of WixUI_Advanced.wxs and add them to a copy of WixUI_InstallDir.wxs, but before I go too deep, I'm wondering if anyone else has done this, or is there a better way? NOTICE: This email may contain confidential information. Please see http://www.meyersound.com/confidential/ for our complete policy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
