I always had Package/@InstallScope='perUser', that never changed. But the key thing for me to get it to work was MSIINSTALLPERUSER=1, without it I kept getting the insufficient privileges error both in the bundle and when running the stand-alone MSI.
// Sascha On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > Burn does lots of work to make this scenario work (per-machine > prerequisites and one or more per-user packages). It's unique among > bootstrappers because it does it in all the right user contexts and all > that. I saw a follow up email from you on a fork of this thread that found > the most important thing: You need to make sure your per-user package is > truly per-user. The easiest way to do that is to use: > Package/@InstallScope='perUser'. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Sertel [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:18 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] dual-purpose installer (ALLUSERS=2) and > Bootstrapper > > Let me clarify a bit to tell you what I'm trying to do, what I've tried, > and what I thought isn't currently working: > > Goal: Build a WiX installer for my software which installs .NET Framework > 4.5.1 if needed, C++ Runtime if needed, and my software. My software needs > to be installed per-user, i.e. it should go into AppData\Local, not Program > Files. > > My understanding is > - To accomplish my goal I need three components: .NET Framework 4.5.1 > package (provided by NetFx extension), C++ Runtime merge module, and MSI > for my software > - The two prerequisites needs to be installed on a per-machine (elevated) > level, my software on a per-user level > > This is what I've tried: > Attempt 1. Created a WiX bundle with two packages inside the Chain element: > A PackageGroupRef for NetFx451Web, and an MsiPackage that includes my > software as well as the C++ merge module. > Problem: This wouldn't build because my software Package had InstallScope > perUser but apparently the C++ merge module forced ALLUSERS="1" which > conflicted with the perUser setting. This problem went away when I took the > merge module out of the package. > > Attempt 2: Created a WiX bundle with three packages inside the Chain > element: A PackageGroupRef for NetFx451Web, an MsiPackage for my C++ > Runtime merge module (InstallScope perMachine), and an MsiPackage for my > software (InstallScope perUser). > Problem: When running the resulting bundle it would prompt for elevation > (which is fine), then install .NET Framework fine, then install the merge > module fine, but throw an error for my perUser package: "The installer has > insufficient privileges to access this directory: C:\Program > Files\<product>. The installation cannot continue. Log on as administrator > or contact your system administrator." > > My software package uses a folder underneath ProgramFilesFolder as the > target folder and I was expecting that on Win7 and up in a per-user install > it automatically translates to LocalAppDataFolder instead. > > I thought from what I had gathered in this thread is that once the bundle > gets elevated permissions it will also try to run my software package in > forced per machine mode but without elevation, and therefore fails when > trying to access the Program Files directory. > > Your last remark sounds though as if this should work. Please help me > understand what I'm doing wrong. > > // Sascha > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com > >wrote: > > > If you package is per-user then Burn handles that correctly. It will > > elevate only if necessary (i.e installing per-machine prerequisites) > > and install your per-user package. Burn is *designed* to handle that > correctly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sascha [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 10:51 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] dual-purpose installer (ALLUSERS=2) and > > Bootstrapper > > > > I just ran into this exact same issue and have been trying to find a > > suitable solution. I need to install the .NET Framework and also a > > newer > > C++ runtime as per-machine prerequisites but my software on a per-user > > basis. > > > > Would using the managed bootstrapper help get around this issue by any > > chance? My understanding is that using the managed bootstrapper means > > there are actually two bootstrappers, one that takes care of > > installing .NET Framework if needed, and then the managed one that gets > launched after. > > > > If the "inner" managed bootstrapper is capable of doing a regular > > per-user install after the "outer" native bootstrapper installs the > > .NET Framework, that would solve most of this issue. I say most > > because I also need to install the C++ runtime, but for now I could > > resort to deploy the C++ DLLs locally with my app instead of using the > merge module. > > > > I'm looking at some of the managed bootstrapper tutorials and blob > > posts right now and will slap something together to try out this > > theory, but if anybody already knows the answer that would be even > > better. I'll post another reply with my findings once I'm done. > > > > The only other alternative I see is using some other means like a > > simple batch file to execute multiple bundles in series, that way I > > would have one bundle with .NET and C++ runtime in it which would run > > per-machine or just the MSIs for those without a bundle, and then > > another bundle with my per-user software MSI. 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