Hello, It works, I had hoped that the shell execution had "inherited" the privileges from the installer, so I didn't have to accept that the application ran (it requires elevated privileges). That is not the problem, it is at worst a minor nuisance.
However, I need to pass at least one command-line argument to the application, like I wrote below, but the way I illustrated it does not work. I just got a 2896 error. So using the method described, how do I pass one or more command-line arguments to the application from the installer? Thanks, Thomas Due -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Due [mailto:t...@scanvaegt.dk] Sent: 17. oktober 2011 08:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing an application after installation Yeah, I found it here though: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/run_program_after_install.htm And I can see it does it in a different way, so I will test this and see if it solves my problem. A question though: I need to pass one or more parameters to the application as command-line parameters. How do I do that? I have this: <Component Id="ComponentMainConfig" Guid="*" DiskId="1"> <File Id="MasterConfig" Source="$(var.BuildPath)ScanXNET\MasterConfig.exe" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> ... <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchConfig" Order="999">NOT Installed</Publish> ... <Property Id="WixShellExecTarget" Value="[#MasterConfig]" /> <CustomAction Id="LaunchConfig" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" /> Do I simply add the parameters to the property value, like this: Value="[#MasterConfig] -lan=[INSTALLLANGUAGE]" Thanks, Thomas Due -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: 14. oktober 2011 15:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing an application after installation Interesting, the link "How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup" seems to be dead in the wix.chm. -- John M. Cooper -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Due [mailto:t...@scanvaegt.dk] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:07 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing an application after installation Hello, I can't seem to find it in the docs? /Thomas Due -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 13. oktober 2011 15:55 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing an application after installation Did the WiX documentation not help you? This case is explicitly called out. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Thomas Due <t...@scanvaegt.dk> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a configuration application that I wish to run always after my > installer have completed. > I don't want to have the application start until I close the installer. > The application is installed into the INSTALLDIR location. > > The custom action is defined like this: > > <CustomAction Id="LaunchConfig" > FileKey="MasterConfig" > Return="asyncNoWait" /> > > And called when the ExitDialog exits: > > <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" > Control="Finish" > Event="DoAction" > Value="LaunchConfig" Order="999"> NOT Installed</Publish> > > This works like a charm in Windows XP, but in Windows 7 (with the UAC > enabled) nothing happens. > I assume that the UAC somehow blocks this action, which is what it is > supposed to do normally, I guess. > > However since my installer requires elevated priviliges I don't > understand why it is not possible to run the application. > > What can I do to ensure that the application will always execute, even > on Windows 7 with the UAC enabled? > > Thank you, > > Thomas Due > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity and more. 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