How did you mark that your MSIs are per-machine?  The best thing to use is
the Package/@InstallScope attribute. Burn should automatically prompt for
elevation if it determines your MSIs are per-machine.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Peter Hull <peterhul...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I've made an installer for 32- and 64-bit windows with separate MSIs,
> bundled with the standard BA
> (WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense). Both MSIs need admin
> privileges and are marked per-machine. If I run the installer as a
> non-admin user, the error message that the setup program gives is quite
> technical and (T believe) not all that helpful to the end user. Is there
> any way to make this message more friendly? In the MSI authoring I have
> been using something like <Condition Message="...">Privileged</Condition>.
> Is there an equivalent?
> Alternatively, would it make sense to mark the exe as
> requiresAdministrator in the manifest?
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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