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 compiled, for the first time on a Windows 8 x64 test system. After the bundle completes the advertised shortcut related to the msi package and Feature which writes this registry key is on the desktop (or in the (non-existent :) ) start menu ). Since the bundle did prompt for elevation, my initial assumption was that a later on-demand of the same user would be a managed install. So immediately after the first-install of the bundle has completed I click on the applications's shortcut which starts a on-demand install in the same Admin but not elevated context as when I initially launched the Bundle. Before the on-demand setup starts the registry looks like this: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Company (with a subkey related to another application which was also installed). Note the Company key was created by the first-install of the bundle on a clean system, or it may exist if another Company product has previously created it. During the on-demand install, toward the end I get this error message: MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Executing op: RegOpenKey(Root=-2147483646,Key=SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\AppName\SupportedTypes,,BinaryType=0,,) MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Executing op: RegAddValue(Name=.qdd,,) MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Executing op: RegAddValue(Name=.qws,,) MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Executing op: RegOpenKey(Root=-2147483646,Key=SOFTWARE\Rimage,,BinaryType=0,,) MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Executing op: RegAddValue(Name=SDA,Value=#,) MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:01:505]: Note: 1: 1406 2: SDA 3: SOFTWARE\Company MSI (c) (C8:64) [14:02:01:536]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg MSI (c) (C8:08) [14:02:04:485]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0 Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:38:930]: Product: Company AppName -- Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:38:930]: Note: 1: 1406 2: SDA 3: SOFTWARE\Company MSI (c) (C8:64) [14:02:38:930]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:41:442]: Product: Company AppName -- Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:41:442]: Note: 1: 1406 2: SDA 3: SOFTWARE\Company MSI (c) (C8:64) [14:02:41:442]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:42:986]: Product: Company AppName -- Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Rimage. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:02:42:986]: Note: 1: 1406 2: SDA 3: SOFTWARE\Company MSI (c) (C8:64) [14:02:42:986]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. MSI (s) (58:FC) [14:04:00:004]: Product: Company AppName -- Error 1406. Could not write value SDA to key \SOFTWARE\Company. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. After the on-demand install the registry looks like this: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Company\AppName\SubKey many values in 'SubKey' The action which fails is trying to write a value to : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Company The registry permissions appear to be the same between the key which fails and the subkeys which are written to in the same on-demand install. But those keys are authored with HKMU and the key which fails is authored with HKLM. I plan to investigate this further tomorrow. I made a conscious distinction in authoring the root selection but may be the problem. The use of HKLM for this key which failed is driven by the application design, which I probably need to work out with that developer. The use of HKMU for the subkeys was because my setup controls the purpose for those keys. I will investigate this further tomorrow. Also there are two paths to avoid observing the above error (which both make sense). 1) After the error is observed, launch the bundle and run repair, which prompts for elevation and runs without posting any error, and writes the key value. 2) Compile the product with the feature marked to not allow advertising. Then the registry is written during the first-install, after the bundle has been elevated, (and there is no on-demand install). Thanks again for your help understanding these issues. Phill -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/advertised-install-and-user-permissions-tp7594058p7594113.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. 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