But what actually is the difference in the outcome between not setting InstallScope and setting it to perMachine? Actually (at least on my Vista laptop) it seems what I am getting is always an elevated perMachine install. So why setting it?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sent: Freitag, 6. November 2009 01:59 > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is "perMachine" the default? > > Not quite. There are two things at play here: the ALLUSERS property and > the > "don't elevate" flag. > > If you set InstallPrivileges to "elevated" the flag is not set (the > default). If you set InstallPrivileges to "limited" the flag is set. > Nothing > is done wrt the property with this attribute. > > If instead you set the InstallScope property, then the following > happens: > If it is set to "perMachine", the property is set to "1" and the flag > is not > set. > If it is set to "perUser", the property is not created and the flag is > set. > > In perUser packages, you want the flag set and the property not > created. In > perMachine packages, you want the property set and the flag not set. > Thus, > the InstallScope attribute does it all, and you don't need to worry > about > the flag or the property being set correctly (for non Win7-only > switching > packages). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Karg [mailto:markus.k...@gmx.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:02 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: [WiX-users] Is "perMachine" the default? > > When running my .msi on Vista, I do not see any difference between > InstallScope="perMachine" and not using this attribute at all. Is > "perMachine" the default? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > -- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
