Just want to point out that even if you sign your MSI, you will still get a "Unknown Publisher" on uninstallation.
It's sort of a sad limitation that is explained here: http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/10/19/new-wind ows-installer-4-0-webcast-scheduled-and-q-a-from-lua-webcast.aspx Question: When I uninstall my signed msi, I get a UAC prompt that says "Unknown publisher". All of the UAC prompts during the install display my signed information fine. Is this a Vista problem, or a problem with my msi. Answer: We have a KB pending for this behavior and are considering this for a fix. The reason this happens is that when we cache the MSI we strip out some data, making the certificate invalid. We're looking at mitigations but we do not have a solution at this time. Nothing is wrong with the package. Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:47 AM To: Pseudonymic Wannabe; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher Sign your MSI. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pseudonymic Wannabe Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:05 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher When running our MSI package on Vista midway under the installation a dialog pops up (UAC) and complains about "Unknown Publisher" on our package.MSI file and asks for permission to continue. Is there anyway to author our package in such a way that the user won't be bothered with such interference? _________________________________________________________________ Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You'll love Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migr ation_HM_mini_outlook_0507 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
