It's not a good idea for your application to write to allow non-elevated users to write to its installed application folder under program files folder. Allowing users to overwrite the application binaries is a security hole for any customers who might have untrusted users on the machine.
Did you intend to store user preferences or other user data there? Instead your app should be written to store this in the user's profile folder such as under %LOCALAPPDATA%, or in the registry (HKCU). This avoids security issues, and allows each user on the same machine to specify their own preferences. Anyway, what you want can be done by manually adding your own PermissionEx element(s). I wouldn't know what to recommend as far as exact authoring of the PermissionEx, but suggest you read the wix.chm or look through old threads about it on the wix-users archives. On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm already finish, ...., but I have a little problem related to the > NTFS Permissions: > > The normal permissions inside %program files% are: Administrators -> > FULL CONTROL ; Users -> Read > > But when the application is executed as a normal user, it doesn't > work: Normal users NEED write access to the folder's program. > > So, I think that the solution goes to giving NTFS to Everyone -> Full > control (as explained in: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cjacks/archive/2008/12/04/how-to-set-directory-permissions-at-install-time-using-an-msi-created-using-windows-installer-xml-wix.aspx > ) > > The question is: how to assign NTFS permissions with HEAT as a Harvest > tool? > > Is the following sentence true? "“The common user names ‘Everyone’ > and ‘Administrators’ may be entered in English and are mapped to > well-known SIDs.” Or there will be localization problems when > installed in other languages? > > Do you have some recommendations? > > Thanks a lot for your time. > > > > 2013/5/22 BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com>: > > Ok, thanks a lot. > > > > Regards. > > > > 2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>: > >> Ah, then you do want to support upgrades. Get your upgrade scenario > right, > >> and you won't have to worry about having a consistent shortcut name. > >> > >> Read up on "Major Upgrades" here: > >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa369786(v=vs.85).aspx > . > >> This will cause the old version to be uninstalled as part of installing > the > >> new version. > >> > >> Or you might want to explore "Minor Upgrades" which are slightly lighter > >> weight: > >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370037(v=vs.85).aspx > >> . > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:34 AM, BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> 2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>: > >>> > You should be able to. Create the shortcut in your own authoring > file. To > >>> > point to the file in the generated authoring, see the "Target" > attribute > >>> of > >>> > the shortcut element in wix.chm. > >>> > > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot , I will try it. > >>> > >>> I have a conceptual question regarding shortcuts: > >>> > >>> I want the installer creates a shortcut in the startup folder for all > >>> users, so the program is started automatically each time the users > >>> logon. > >>> > >>> If the user install a new version without uninstalling the previous > >>> one, then two versions of the program will be executed, and this is > >>> not desirable. > >>> > >>> Is a good practice to create always the same name in the shortcut in > >>> the manner that newer versions overwrite the previous shortcut? > >>> > >>> How to manage this situation? > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot. > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > >>> New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring > service > >>> that delivers powerful full stack analytics. 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