Neil is correct. The BA is not elevated because it does not rollback but the package installs do.
If you just want to store settings for your BA, you can set Variables and mark them Persist='yes' and Burn will remember them for you. That sounds like it might be more applicable for you anyway. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>wrote: > I looked at doing something similar and decided it was easier to write the > values in an MSI. My logic was that I didn't want to write until the > install had actually started and by that time the installer was already > running elevated. I am not familiar with the managed BA to know if you can > write your values after the install has started. > > Neil > > > >The values are set by our custom Managed Bootstrapper Application via the > >standard .NET Registry API, and not by any of the included packages. > >Since the information to be stored is on the bundle-level (which packages > >are selected for installation), it can't be moved into an MSI. > > > >I have attempted using IBurnEngine->Elevate(), but as far as I can see > >(and as I expect from it being a method of the engine), that does not > >give the managed bootstrapper application process elevated privileges. > > > >Daniel E. Bruce > >Software Developer, +47 91918893 > >Prediktor AS > >Habornveien 48B, N-1630 Gamle Fredrikstad, Norway > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > >> Sent: 15. oktober 2012 14:28 > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Elevation of Bootstrapper Application > >> > >> How are you setting the values? Burn automatically prompts to elevate if > >> it detects an MSI that is set to all users but you can also set this > >>with > >> MsiPackage/@ForcePerMachine. > >> > >> Neil > >> > >> > >> >Hi. > >> > > >> >We are trying to keep some state alongside our bundle about which > >> >packages have been chosen for installation. The solution we envisioned > >> >was to put some registry entries within HKLM, but this fails on Windows > >> >7 (and probably Vista) due to HKLM requiring admin privileges. We > >> could > >> >work around this issue by writing to HKCU, but that would cause issues > >> >if another user ran the uninstallation (for instance) later. > >> > > >> >Is it possible to elevate the bootstrapper application in some way, so > >> >that we can write to HKLM? As a sideline question, does Burn store any > >> >information about what packages has been installed for later retrieval > >> >or persist any of the variables set during the installation on its own > >> >(if using a custom BA)? > >> > > >> >Daniel E. Bruce > >> >Software Developer, +47 91918893 > >> >Prediktor AS > >> >Habornveien 48B, N-1630 Gamle Fredrikstad, Norway > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >--- > >> >---- > >> >Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. 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