[Getting slightly off-topic for py3k, but relevant to our universe anyway....]
Hi Michael, > Yes, that's the right bit. However your concern is spot on - if you > set the bit, it will never display the UAC prompt. That's what I > referred to in my previous message with "it can only successfully > install into machine locations if it was launched by a full > administrator context." In order for such a setup to succeed on Vista > when launched by a limited user, etc., it needs to have ALLUSERS > unset, and not install into any machine registry or file locations > (i.e. no HKLM or ProgramFilesFolder). > > My recommendation would normally be to not set the bit (keep requiring > administrative privileges). If you need to support the limited user > case, either provide a second package (well, double the number of > packages) with the bit unset, provide a link to ORCA with > instructions, or provide a small helper utility (exe or VBS script) > which can swap the bit using MSI automation. I'm not certain whether > that's a great recommendation across the set of most Windows Python > users. Just to be clear, you are saying it is *impossible* to have a single .MSI file that, based on a user preference, either a) prompt for UAC and writes to HKLM or b) not prompt but writes to HKCU instead? I'd find that somewhat ironic, as bdist_wininst based installers are now capable of doing that ;) Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
