Thanks for your help!  Now I have just downloaded the WiXEdit software:

http://wixedit.sourceforge.net

Could you please let me know how I can specify:

* the destination path of my executables
* which executables should be run as a service

in WiXEdit?

Mark


On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Mark Farnell <mark.farn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thx!  I wish to run my executable as a service, so I better read the
> page pointed by Nir
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Phil Wilson <phildgwil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You may need to be clear about whether you mean boot time or
>> interactive user logon time. The contents of the registry's Run-type
>> keys don't run at boot time - they run at log on time. If you
>> literally want boot time you may be able to do it with a Task
>> Scheduler entry, but arguably the usual way to run a program at boot
>> time  is to make it a service, and obviously don't show UI.
>> ---------------
>> Phil Wilson
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote:
>>> Or run it from the per-machine Run key to be elevated.
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>>  Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nir Bar [mailto:nir....@panel-sw.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2015 12:43 AM
>>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] specifying an installed executable to be run at 
>>> boot time
>>>
>>> Running an executable at boot can be done with the  registry Run key 
>>> <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376977(v=vs.85).aspx>
>>> .
>>>
>>> If you need it to run with elevation you can run it as a Windows  service 
>>> <http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/serviceinstall.html>
>>> with local system account.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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