Thanks again Rob! Is there no way, my msi can prompt the user to give permissions to it to run as admin? What I am looking for is: double clicking my msi shows the UAC prompt, and if the user decides to continue as an admin, then only my msi runs.
Regards, Nimisha On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'd have to run the whole installation elevated, either from an elevated > command line or using > some kind of bootstrapper which runs elevated. > > Rob > > Nimisha Saboo wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > > > Thanks for the reply. Actually, I just went into details of deferred > > actions, and I realised that I don't want my custom actions to be > deferred. > > I had tried adding teh deferred attribute only so that I could use the > > Impersonate attribute. > > > > Also, my custom actions are being invoked at InstallUIsequence after > > CostFinalize, and some are invoked at InstallExecuteSequence after > > AppSearch, and after InstallFiles. > > > > Is there a way, I could run my custom actions in elevated mode? > > > > Regards, > > Nimisha > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Why doesn't it compile? What's the error that candle/light gives? Are > the > >> custom actions scheduled > >> in the correct part of the sequence to actually be deferred? > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> Nimisha Saboo wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am new to WIX, and apologise if this has been asked before. > >>> I am running a setup, that works fine on Widows server 2003, but fails > on > >>> Windows Server 2008. > >>> However, if I do "Run as administrator", it succeeds on Windows Server > >> 2008 > >>> as well. > >>> > >>> What I want to be able to do is; > >>> Either elevate the privileges for my custom actions, or display a > prompt > >>> asking the user to Run as admin, when the user clicks the MSI. > >>> > >>> Is it possible to do with Windows Installer Version 2.0? > >>> > >>> I have tried using Impersonate="no" and execute="deferred" for my > custom > >>> actions, but it does not compile. > >>> > >>> Any insights on this will be really helpful. > >>> > >>> Thanks in advanve, > >>> Nimisha > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> challenge > >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> prizes > >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > >> world > >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
