If the requirement was to invoke elevation prompt for both install and uninstall (be it in from Program and Features or through the Maintenance mode) will this work?:
add this condition somewhere in the <Product> scope <Condition Message="Admin privileges required">Privileged</Condition> I understand "Admin privileges" may mean different from "Elevation" that you were looking for. Sameer On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Stelios Kyprou <stelios.kyp...@fcg.im>wrote: > Ok it seems that Remove=ALL was not set for the following reason: > One of the features had a conditional installation, as following: > > <Feature Id=" SharePoint_PowerShellFiles" Title="!(loc.ProductName)" > Level="0"> > <Condition Level="1"> > <![CDATA[STSADM2010]]> > </Condition> > <ComponentGroupRef Id="PowerShellFiles"/> > </Feature> > And when uninstalling via the UI REMOVE was not set to ALL. > ALSO, I noticed the components of that Feature were not removed from the > installation directory either... > Is there a scenario where STSADM2010 gets set when installing and NOT when > re-running the installer for removal? > This is how I set the property in product.wxs: > > <Property Id="STSADM2010"> > <DirectorySearch Id="SpsBinFolder" Depth="1" > Path="[CommonFiles64Folder]Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\bin"> > <FileSearch Id="StsAdmExe2010" Name="stsadm.exe" /> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > Thanks, > Stelios > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > Sent: 21 December 2011 16:06 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode doesnot prompt > forprivileges > > Sorry I am not a UI expert as we use a chainer for our UI. > > I think your Maintenance UI needs to be setting the REMOVE to all somehow. > Try looking in the wix standard or mondo UI to see how that does it. > > If your CA needs to be dependent on the MSI being uninstalled it needs to > be scheduled appropriately, i.e. after the REMOVE has been set correctly. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] > Sent: 21 December 2011 15:45 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode doesnot prompt > forprivileges > > By the way my CA is scheduled AFTER InstallInitialize > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] > Sent: 21 December 2011 15:42 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt > forprivileges > > You are right David, REMOVE was set to the features that were installed. > So I changed the condition so that the CA runs. > One problem down. > Now after completion, I can still see the product in "Products and > Features", and the files are not removed from the install location. > What do I need to do so that my Remove action via ui does the same thing > as when running the uninstallation process via "Products and Features"? > > Thanks in advance, > Stelios > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > Sent: 21 December 2011 14:52 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt > forprivileges > > When is your custom action scheduled? > > When you uninstall through the MSI your MSI is in maintenance mode. This > probably means that REMOVE is not set to ALL by default in case you choose > some other behaviour. > Check a log to see when REMOVE is being set and what to. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Gough [mailto:goug...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 December 2011 13:20 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt > forprivileges > > I'm new to WiX so don't know how to do it, but I think you need the > elevation shield attribute 0x00800000 set in the Control table on the > button used to uninstall the application. Try editing the msi package > using InstEd to see if it fixes the problem, then you can figure out how to > achieve it in WiX. > On Dec 21, 2011 11:55 AM, "Stelios Kyprou" <stelios.kyp...@fcg.im> wrote: > > > I don't think that is the problem...I need to provide same > > functionality when uninstalling from Programs and Features for when I > > uninstall through the MSI. > > I found in the logs the following: > > > > MSI (s) (C0:08) [11:23:34:638]: Skipping action: > > UninstallWsp2010PowerShell (condition is false) The condition is: > > <![CDATA[REMOVE ~= "ALL"]]> which should be true when > > uninstalling(Executes from Programs and Features, but not from the > "Remove" > > action of the msi). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karthick R [mailto:karthi...@syncfusion.com] > > Sent: 21 December 2011 10:18 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt > > for privileges > > > > Hi Stelios, > > > > Check the InstallScope attribute for the package inside the product > > having the value as "perMachine" or "perUser" > > > > For a per-machine installation, the default installation location will > > be [ProgramFilesFolder][ApplicationFolderName] and the user will be > > able to change it in the setup UI. For a per-user installation, the > > default installation location will be > > [LocalAppDataFolder]Apps\[ApplicationFolderName] and the user will not > > be able to change it in the setup UI. > > > > Warm Regards, > > Karthick.R > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 5:04 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt for > > privileges > > > > Any ideas anyone? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] > > Sent: 15 December 2011 10:55 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt for > > privileges > > > > Hello all, > > I have an installer built on wix 3.5.2519. It installs per machine and > > using WixUI_InstallDir ui. > > -When installing the product, it prompts the user for elevated > > privileges before installing. > > -When uninstalling via "Programs and Features", it prompts the same > > user for elevated privileges. > > -When uninstalling through the UI mode, no elevation is requested, and > > the uninstallation process does not complete successfully because of > that. > > > > Is there something I have to set so that it prompts for elevation > > through the UI? > > > > I do not set anywhere the ALLUSERS anywhere. 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