Make sure all customs actions needing administration privileges are run deferred with the NoImpersonate bit set.
You SHOULD NOT assume client side of your MSI is running with administration privileges, it is a critical design mistake. Actions needing administration privileges must be performed by the windows installer server. Therefore it is highly recommended your bootstrapper to be marked with "asInvoker" in the RequireExecutionLevel marker of the manifest. Read carefully this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/10/01/uac-in-msi-notes-what-are-the-hurdles-in-windows-vista-logo-compliance-related-to-uac-and-msi.aspx Xin Liu (Person Consulting) wrote: > > We have a .msi file built from Wix toolset which calls one of the VS SDK > tool. So if the .msi is ran in Vista, even if you are a member of > Administrator group, it will failed. However, if run it "as Administrator" > (Right click cmd.exe, choose "Run as Administrator", then call the .msi > from the cmd.exe), operation succeed. > So is there a method in Wix to force run the .msi as Administrator. > > Thanks, > Xin Liu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-force-the-.msi-%22run-as-Administrator%22-tf3292742.html#a9184321 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
