I would like to thank Phil (and others on this list) for the assistance in
tracking down this problem. The core problem is related to the following
attempt to write this registry value when the value of the SDA property is
not an integer:
RegistryValue Root=HKMU Key=$(var.Release_CompanyRegKey)
It's not that you want to violate security, but that the situation
seems to be that now a limited user cannot create a HKLM key where
previously it apparently worked. My point about other users and HKCU
was that I couldn't tell if you were advertising a feature for the
same user or you were
Thank you for your time and comments. I am still digging through the verbose
log captured during the on-demand install. I am also re-reading the
sections in your book related to on-demand installs.
One brief clarification is that I run the wix bundle (with multiple msi
packages), which I
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Subject: [WiX-users] advertised install and user permissions
I have a bundle with a number of msi pacakges, one of which has a feature which
is advertised. Recently (probably because I changed something in the
authoring) I am noticing a behavior where if I install
Yes, the MSI package has the following:
Package Platform=x86 Description=$(var.AppNameLong)
InstallerVersion=500
Compressed=yes InstallScope=perMachine
SummaryCodepage=!(loc.SummaryCodepage) /
When this package is launched as part of the bundle chain the
When you say it's advertised, I'm not sure whether you're referring to
other users on the machine, and if some of the scenarios are about an
administrator doing a repair but a limited user can't use the
advertised feature correctly.
If it's registry data intended for different users it typically
...ooops MsiLogging, which seems NOT to like * so spell out the options..
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Phil Wilson
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Phil Wilson phildgwil...@gmail.com wrote:
When you say it's advertised, I'm not sure whether you're referring to
other users on the machine, and if some
I don't want to violate the security. The applications in the bundle were
installed on the first install in a per-machine install. Burn was elevated
at the UAC prompt. There are many other keys which are part of this app
which are also written under HKLM. (I am not intending to do a per-user
I have a bundle with a number of msi pacakges, one of which has a feature
which is advertised. Recently (probably because I changed something in the
authoring) I am noticing a behavior where if I install the bundle, then
after that completes successfully, click on the advertised shortcut, then
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