Hi,
I sucessfully did a per-machine installer that works on XP and on Vista (at
least on the tests in the virtual machines worked fine).
I use the ALLUSERS=2 option to make vista put the shortcuts on all the users
desktop and start menu, but the secret is to include a bootstrapper. I use
the GenerateBootStrapper task of msbuild.
When the user install the application he has to call the setup.exe instead
of the msi and if he is using a limited account it ask for the password and
everything works.
Hope it helps,
Ricardo Lopes.
On 04/04/07, Scott Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I read this:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371865.aspx
(It took a while to get over the urge to slaughter those responsible...
but I'm feeling much better now.)
That article indicates that Windows Installer is broken for per-machineinstalls
as there is no way to specify that you must have a
per-machine install that works on both XP and Vista.
If ALLUSERS=2, Vista will try a per-machine install and fail if the user's
credentials do not allow it.
But XP will perform a per-user install if ALLUSERS=2
If ALLUSERS=1 it appears that XP will do a per-machine install, though it
is not documented as doing so on the page referenced above.
My ultimate goal is to install the application to a single common location
that is user-independent. My current installer which only sets ALLUSERS=1
tends to scatter files all over the place on Vista as Vista has buggered the
folder structure so some of my files appear to be in a "common" place that
is only common for that one user (which appears to break component rules if
another user installs the same stuff), and some files go elsewhere.
I'm hoping there is some conditional stuff I can add to the WiX source
that will cause ALLUSERS to get set to the appropriate value (1 or 2) based
on the OS and that this will happen in time for Windows Installer to
recognize the value I want.
I also noticed that the documentation for the Directory Id "ProgramFiles"
here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370810.aspx indicates that
it is always a per-user location. That's obviously not true on XP, but
sadly it seems to be true on Vista.
What's the trick?
Scott
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