OK, so I need to deploy the VS 2008 C++ runtime (w/ATL security fix) and I'm reading the documentation in Visual Studio that says that using the merge modules will install the runtime as side-by-side assemblies. Further, it says that this will require administrative priveleges in order to install the side-by-side assemblies. I'd like to avoid administrative priveleges if possible. The documentation says that my alternative is to deploy the C++ runtime as a private assembly (i.e. just plunk the files down where my EXE lives).
I'm curious what other people have done here. In the past, products I worked on always required administrative priveleges, so it wasn't an issue, but the product I'm working on now is more like consumer shrink wrap software and I want to make things as simple as possible. How did all of you deal with this? Did Windows Installer elevate the priveleges automatically so that you didn't need to install the application as administrator? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
