All resources (files, registry entries, etc.) can generally be divided into three spaces: those that live in administrator per-machine areas (C:\Program Files, etc.), those that live in the user profile, and those very few that live in shared document regions.
If your installation requires access to administrator-controlled regions of the computer, it should be a pure perMachine and NOT place anything in perUser (profile) areas, and vice-versa. Until MSI 5.0 (which is currently only available on Windows 7 AFAIK) it has been extremely difficult to author a package that can go either way, although it was somewhat easier before Vista/UAC entered the picture. Administrators are supposed to follow author's guidelines when using advertising to make a program available to users. /ju and /jm don't actually install the software and they don't set ALLUSERS. Also, personally, I haven't found /ju to be very useful: it doesn't provide a place to designate the user to advertise to, and if that user doesn't already have admin privileges, the command will fail while if the user does have those privileges, the command isn't needed. Then again, maybe I haven't found the magic incantation yet. -----Original Message----- From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:01 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Per User / Per Machine Blair, in a different context you wrote: > It is best to make your installations pure-perMachine or pure- > perUser > and never mix them There is one thing I do not understand in that context: I always had the impression that it is up to the *administrator* to decide whether to install a software Per User / Per Machine: Isn't that what msiexec's /ju and /jm options are good for? Now reading your above comment (and the MSDN chapter about the ALLUSERS property) I am a bit confused. If it is up to the .msi *author* to decide about Per User / Per Machine (using the ALLUSERS property), for what is /ju and /jm good then? And what will happen if my .msi file is for Per User, but the administrator is using /jm (or vice versa)? Thanks Markus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
