It's just a property. Create it like you would any other. What it will do is enforce you to have administrative rights in order to run the installer. I suggested it because if that worked then it would definitely be just a rights issue, instead of some setting being wrong.
Rob Simon Topley wrote: > Hi Rob (Hamflett), > > I've not come across "allusers", where would I find it? > > ..I'm on WIX 2.0.3719.0 (this in itself could be a problem) > > Simon > > > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:07:06 +0100 > > From: Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing/Starting a service, the simple > > way. > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Out of interest, what happens if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1? > > Rob > > Simon Topley wrote: > > > I have managed to get it to install my services using the code below, > > > however I still get errored when it tries to start the service. I can > > > start the services manually post installation (if I supress the > > > "StartService" action). > > > > > > Any ideas anyone? > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 05 July 2006 16:13 > *To:* 'Simon Topley'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] Installing/Starting a service, the simple way. > > Usually, this means your service has some dependency that hasn't been > completely installed by the time StartServices is called. A favorite > way to hit this is to have a managed code service that depends on an > assembly that is being installed to the GAC. Because assemblies aren't > committed to the GAC until InstallFinalize, the assembly won't be found > in the GAC until the install is complete. > > > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Simon Topley > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 05, 2006 6:50 AM > *To:* 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Installing/Starting a service, the simple way. > > > > I have managed to get it to install my services using the code below, > however I still get errored when it tries to start the service. I can > start the services manually post installation (if I supress the > "StartService" action). > > > > Any ideas anyone? > > > > Simon > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Simon Topley > *Sent:* 05 July 2006 10:27 > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Installing/Starting a service, the simple way. > > Hello again all, > > > > I'm having real trouble installing and starting a service, I have made a > simple installer that just installs one file and tries to install it as > a service and start it... I get the standard error message when > installing "Failed to start service "My Service"...." > > > > Here is the wxs file... ANYONE please is there something simple I'm > missing here? > > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?> > > <Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi'> > > <Product Name='Foobar 1.0' Id='A85C6ED8-D384-4275-9E1A-CA3D9960DC26' > > Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='1.0.0' Manufacturer='Acme Ltd.'> > > <Package Id='????????-????-????-????-????????????' Keywords='Installer' > > Description="Acme's Foobar 1.0 Installer" > > Comments='Foobar is a registered trademark of Acme Ltd.' > Manufacturer='Acme Ltd.' > > InstallerVersion='100' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes' > SummaryCodepage='1252' /> > > <Media Id='1' Cabinet='Sample.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" /> > > <Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="Acme's Foobar 1.0 Installation [1]" /> > > <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'> > > <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'> > > <Directory Id='InstallDir' Name='Acme'> > > <Component Id='ServiceExeComponent' > Guid='209C6668-1A64-43e9-AFCC-3373A846A40D' > > SharedDllRefCount='no' KeyPath='no' NeverOverwrite='no' Permanent='no' > Transitive='no' > > Win64='no' Location='either'> > > <File Id='ServiceExeFile' Name="WSSESS_1.EXE" LongName="WSSession.exe" > src="d:\FWRedist\WSSession.exe" > > ReadOnly='no' Compressed='yes' KeyPath='yes' Vital='yes' Hidden='no' > System='no' > > Checksum='no' DiskId="1"/> > > <ServiceInstall Id='MyServiceInstall' DisplayName='My Test Service' > Name='MyServiceExeName' > > ErrorControl='normal' Start='auto' Type='ownProcess' Vital='yes' /> > > <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceExeName' > > Start='install' Stop='uninstall' Remove='uninstall' /> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > <Binary Id='CreateTable' SourceFile='CreateTable.sql' /> > > <Feature Id='ServiceFeature' Title='SqlFeature' Level='1'> > > <ComponentRef Id='ServiceExeComponent' /> > > </Feature> > > </Product> > > </Wix> > > > > Loads of love, > > Simon > > > > The information contained in this e-mail is likely to be confidential > and may be legally privileged. 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