[WiX-users] Virtual Directory not getting converted to Application in IIS.

Hi, I created a web setup referring to article at "*http://www.wintellect.com/blogs/jrobbins/web-application-installer-in-wix ". *The web setup works fine when executed from an elevated command prompt. An issue I face is th

Re: [WiX-users] WIX environment variable missing from Windows 8.1

I tried it again tonight and it's working just fine. The WIX variable is there. I'm not sure what happened before. But I won't worry about it. I had installed Visual Studio Express just before installing WiX (knowing that it doesn't work on Express, but wanting to make sure that it /still /doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] Assembly updates in the GAC using Major upgrade

I would say so. I would definitely advocate Method 1. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer – ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto

Re: [WiX-users] Assembly updates in the GAC using Major upgrade

Is it this issue? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238/en-us --- Phil Wilson On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:14 AM, John Cooper wrote: > What is the AssemblyVersion as opposed to the AssemblyFileVersion of both > assemblies? Chances are very good that if the AssemblyVersions are the s

Re: [WiX-users] WIX environment variable missing from Windows 8.1

Also here (Windows 8.0 on my laptop). I just install 3.9.721, and WIX was defined as expected. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Origi

Re: [WiX-users] Force msi to ask for admin priviliges

I solved the problem. It was not a msi/wix problem. We have an entry in our group policy which is "Always install with elevated privileges" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms813108.aspx). With this entry the msi never asked for administration priviliges. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] WIX environment variable missing from Windows 8.1

It's there on my windows 8.1 and server 2012R2 machines. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: 29 July 2014 07:37 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIX environment variable missing from Windows 8.1 Does it work with

[WiX-users] Force msi to ask for admin priviliges

Hi all, I created a setup with custom actions which copies and deletes our license files. When I start the msi with a bootstraper (Setup.exe) it is asked for administration priviliges and the custom actions run fine, but when i uninstall our application over Control Panel -> Programs -> programs a