We solve this problem in Burn by caching the MSI locally. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Scharp, Craig <craig.sch...@fuelquest.com>wrote:
> Hi wix users, > > Now that I have a setup.exe with a boot strapper to elevate my UAC, I'm > finding a problem trying to make changes using Programs and Features after > the product is installed. It asks for the MSI in temp folder, but since I > used setup.exe to install, it's not finding the msi. Does anyone know how > to resolve this? I've done searches with no results yet. Thanks in > advance for any suggestions! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scharp, Craig [mailto:craig.sch...@fuelquest.com] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:44 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI not elevating properly > > Thank you Alberto! > > Also thanks to Jon Torresdal for putting instructions on his blog page: > > http://blog.torresdal.net/CommentView,guid,001283D1-5C8E-4B16-B369-7008675E2E72.aspx > > Using Jon's instructions, I successfully added a manifest and elevation > occurs first. The only downside is I now have a setup exe instead of MSI, > but I think that's the same with any bootstrapper. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Alberto Costa Beppler [mailto:bepp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:49 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI not elevating properly > > The only way I know is using a bootstrapper that requires elevation. > Em 05/01/2012 18:47, "Scharp, Craig" <craig.sch...@fuelquest.com> > escreveu: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > Thanks for the quick response! > > > > For clarification, one of our MSI dialogs has a dropdown of websites so > > the user can choose which website to upgrade. To populate that > dropdown, I > > use either 'IIS://localhost/W3SVC' in vbscript or ServerManager object in > > C# immediate Ca's. As far as I know, both methods require administrator > > privileges. Unless there is a way to get a list of sites without > > administrator privileges? > > > > Currently our clients that have UAC enabled, have to run command prompt > as > > administrator and navigate to the MSI using DOS commands. We would > prefer > > to have them run the MSI as administrator using right-click option, or > > force elevation prior to loading this dropdown, but so far I have been > > unable to accomplish this. > > > > Does anyone know of a solution to this? > > > > Thanks, Craig > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:59 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI not elevating properly > > > > On 04-Jan-12 10:30, Scharp, Craig wrote: > > > I have a MSI with several dialogs including a choice of features. It > is > > elevating privileges correctly (showing the UAC Popup) for my deferred > > actions, but I can't seem to get it to popup before the welcome dialog. > > MSI doesn't support elevated UI or immediate custom actions. > > > > -- > > sig://boB > > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex > > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to > > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure > > costs. 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