Most likely your custom action is crashing. If it works when you run it elevated then it's probably a security issue. Are you checking the results of API calls?
Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benas Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] AlwaysInstallElevated On one of my Virtual PC's Custom Actions fails to execute. Log: MSI (c) (E0:F0) [14:10:03:142]: Machine policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is 0 MSI (c) (E0:F0) [14:10:03:142]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is 0 <...> MSI (s) (70:B8) [14:10:37:218]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=SettingUpConfigFile,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=SetUpConfig,) MSI (s) (70:F0) [14:10:37:298]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI4B.tmp, Entrypoint: SetUpConfig MSI (s) (70:D0) [14:10:37:298]: Generating random cookie. MSI (s) (70:D0) [14:10:37:308]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 900 (0x384). MSI (s) (70:7C) [14:10:37:338]: Running as a service. MSI (s) (70:7C) [14:10:37:338]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server. Action ended 14:10:37: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. In WIX source file: <CustomAction Id="SettingUpConfigFile" BinaryKey="InstallHelper" DllEntry="SetUpConfig" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="SettingUpConfigFile" After="PublishProduct">NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> This happens only if AlwaysInstallElevated is 0. Can any one explain what does it means and how to solve this problem? Thank you very much, Benas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
