Sadly, you cant do it. Yan found the specific bit of code that causes this problem so if you are prepared to recompile wix yourself, you could make the fix.
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Registry-P ermissions-td2939332.html#a2939332 -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Hirth [mailto:a.hi...@luratech.com] Sent: 09 July 2010 13:24 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry permission for key and subkeys That's exactly the problem. The permission must be inherited to keys created later by the application. I already have the code to put in a custom action but I try to use built-in functionality as much as possible. So I would prefer if there was a way to do it "natively" with Windows Installer or WiX. Andreas Hirth > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:34 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry permission for key and subkeys > > My colleague had this same problem. > If you have a limited number of keys that are known at install time, > you can add them all explicitly and set permissions on them. > Since we wanted the permissions to cascade down to keys created by the > application and we were short of time, we used wix's qtexec custom > action to run an open source utility called SetACL. > http://setacl.sourceforge.net/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Hirth [mailto:a.hi...@luratech.com] > Sent: 09 July 2010 09:47 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Registry permission for key and subkeys > > Hi all, > > I'm struggling with the task to apply security settings to a registry > key. > What I want to achieve is setting full access to Everyone for a > registry key, and I want this being inherited. Unfortunately I only > get as far as setting the full access right for Everyone on the key, > but it applies "This key only": > > <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Foo" Action="create"> > <util:PermissionEx User="Everyone" GenericAll="yes" /> > </RegistryKey> > > However, I need it to apply to "This key and subkeys". > > Is there any way to get this working other than a custom CustomAction? > > Any advise is much appreciated! > > Andreas Hirth > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with > EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > </pre> > <BR style="font-size:4px;"> > <a href = "http://www.sdl.com";><img > src="http://www.sdl.com/images/email > logo_150dpi-01.png" alt="www.sdl.com" border="0"/></a> <BR> <font > face="arial" size="2" "><a href = "http://www.sdl.com"; > style="color:005740; font-weight: bold">www.sdl.com</a> <BR> <BR> > <font face="arial" size="1" color="#736F6E"> <b>SDL PLC confidential, > all rights reserved.</b> If you are not the intended recipient of this > mail SDL requests and requires > that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, > and we > further request that you advise us.<BR> SDL PLC is a public limited > company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 02675207.<BR> > Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire > SL6 7DY, > UK. > </font> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with > EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
