May want to just open up one of your InstallShield MSIs with Orca and see if you can tell how the applicable stuff is set. My experience with the more heavy-duty installers is that there's a lot of crap in their MSIs, but you might find something.
On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Zig <fnot-...@ziglar.me> wrote: > On 5/7/2015 11:04 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have a look at InstallShield Limited in VS 2010 and up. Under the > Application Information > General Information section all I do is set the > ALLUSERS switch to "ALLUSERS=""(Per-user installation). > > > > Then in the Application Files area I have it install to Program Files. > When I run the .msi the UAC dialog comes up and I select Yes and it > installs without issue. > > Yeah, I believe, technically, a true per-user installation should never > trigger a UAC prompt. > > If you _need_ to replicate _that_ behavior in WiX, try removing the > installScope declaration entirely, and set ALLUSERS="". That will > probably cause Windows Installer to do a UAC bump, so you can access > Program Files. > > That said, installing to Program Files really isn't "per-user"... and I > suspect someone else on this list will be able to provide a better > explanation of why trying to continue down the same path is a horrible > idea, and if there are scenarios where it might break? > > > > > The process is slightly different for Setup and Deployment but still > similar that I set it to per-user and install to Program Files without > issue. > > > > This is something for you to think about anyway. > > > > Also over the last 15 - 18 years I have never installed an application > on any of my computers to anywhere other than Program Files; whether it was > per-machine or not. > > > > I didn't know users/<user name>/AppData/Local/Programs existed until now. > > Just out of curiosity, are you accessing that by setting > MSIINSTALLPERUSER = 1 ? > > -Zig > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
