I disagree.... If your application needs to update files in the Program Files folder then it needs admin privilege. If the history of the application is that "it's always worked this way, even on Windows XP", then it's always needed admin privilege and now on UAC machines the program needs an elevation manifest to get that admin privilege.
If it's a new application (or an application that you now require limited users to run) then the data file(s) is in the wrong location. Install it to a place where limited users can update it. That's what the Application Data folders are for. Phil -----Original Message----- From: BGINFO4X [mailto:bginf...@kztsoftware.com] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat - Include question Hello everyone, I'm already finish, ...., but I have a little problem related to the NTFS Permissions: The normal permissions inside %program files% are: Administrators -> FULL CONTROL ; Users -> Read But when the application is executed as a normal user, it doesn't work: Normal users NEED write access to the folder's program. So, I think that the solution goes to giving NTFS to Everyone -> Full control (as explained in: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cjacks/archive/2008/12/04/how-to-set-directory-permi ssions-at-install-time-using-an-msi-created-using-windows-installer-xml-wix. aspx) The question is: how to assign NTFS permissions with HEAT as a Harvest tool? Is the following sentence true? ""The common user names 'Everyone' and 'Administrators' may be entered in English and are mapped to well-known SIDs." Or there will be localization problems when installed in other languages? Do you have some recommendations? Thanks a lot for your time. 2013/5/22 BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com>: > Ok, thanks a lot. > > Regards. > > 2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>: >> Ah, then you do want to support upgrades. Get your upgrade scenario >> right, and you won't have to worry about having a consistent shortcut name. >> >> Read up on "Major Upgrades" here: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa369786(v=vs.85).as px. >> This will cause the old version to be uninstalled as part of >> installing the new version. >> >> Or you might want to explore "Minor Upgrades" which are slightly >> lighter >> weight: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370037(v=vs >> .85).aspx >> . >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:34 AM, BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com> wrote: >> >>> 2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>: >>> > You should be able to. Create the shortcut in your own authoring >>> > file. To point to the file in the generated authoring, see the >>> > "Target" attribute >>> of >>> > the shortcut element in wix.chm. >>> > >>> >>> Thanks a lot , I will try it. >>> >>> I have a conceptual question regarding shortcuts: >>> >>> I want the installer creates a shortcut in the startup folder for >>> all users, so the program is started automatically each time the >>> users logon. >>> >>> If the user install a new version without uninstalling the previous >>> one, then two versions of the program will be executed, and this is >>> not desirable. >>> >>> Is a good practice to create always the same name in the shortcut in >>> the manner that newer versions overwrite the previous shortcut? >>> >>> How to manage this situation? >>> >>> Thanks a lot. >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---------- Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New >>> Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring >>> service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. 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