Well not really. An admin install isn't anything to do with the actual running installed product, it just extracts the files out, which is probably what you want to prevent (why?). If you think you've concealed your files by preventing an admin install, good luck with that! Also, beware that an administrative install is used during the process of creating a patch, so if you plan to ship patches don't shoot yourself in the foot there.
A repair is an attempt to correct the installed product where something is by definition broken, and that's very different from the idea of an admin install. If you don't let repair proceed the product will remain broken, and not only might it keep trying to repair indefinitely, you may also find that upgrades and patches won't work if the files installed don't match what the MSI file thinks should be there. Every time I find someone trying to prevent repair it's because they want to do something like remove some files (or registry entries) after the install. If that's the case, there is a way to do that (a null ComponentID). Or if the repair is executing some custom action again, then the problem is that the condition on the custom action is incomplete. What is the problem that you believe disabling repair will solve? Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Reich [mailto:bryan.re...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup... We did this in one case by using a <Condition> as follows: <Condition Message="your error message">ACTION~<>"ADMIN"</Condition> I know that works for advertise. I think there can be similar logic for repair. -- Bryan -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:38 PM To: WiX Users Subject: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup... Is there some way we can "disable" (abort install action) if someone were to launch our msi with the /a (administrative install) or /f (repair) options? We can hide the actions in the UI, but when launched via command-line they can still occur, we'd like to disable them for now. -- Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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 Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
