Yeah, if on less than Vista (which is XP and Server 2003?), then try using the
run key instead of runonce key. I'm curious if that works well.
Note: I don't agree about the elegance of the mutex and all that. It's way
complicated and challenging to test. Simplicity has significant advantages for
the long term success of an engine doing stuff as complex as Burn.
Also, XP is going to have to go away. Not desirable to do highly complex stuff
for something that is *definitely* not the future.
From: Tobias Erichsen [mailto:i...@tobias-erichsen.de]
Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 7:55 AM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown
twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation
...now again with shortened body to not break the size-limit of the
mailing-list:
Even if the other solution with the named object sounds like the most elegant
version, I'd
would probably go with the simplest (k.i.s.s), as the room for breakage is the
least
(and not being totally unselfish, I see hope that this might still slip into
the 3.8 release,
whereas the other one would probably need more coding & testing ;-)
Concerning the run-key-approach: so that would mean in case the local system
has on
OS lower than Vista, the Run-key is used instead of the RunOnce - correct?
________________________________
Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Gesendet: Freitag, 8. November 2013 16:13
An: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Betreff: Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown
twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation
What if on XP Burn writes to the Run key instead? That's actually what we did
in for all OSes in the early days of Burn. We had to move to the RunOnce key to
ensure on restart the Bundle launched elevated and the user would not be
prompted for elevation post-restart. Fortunately, on XP we don't have to worry
about elevation.
This could also be the most straight forward fix if it works. I'm hoping the
"runonce.exe" just runs the runonce key. <smile/>
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