Yes. As far as I can tell my Custom Action is running elevated, but even at that level there is no privilege to create a symlink. I can't imagine why.. but that seems to be the case.
Try it yourself... change your command to execute something like cmd.exe /c mklink /D some_link_name some_directory_path I can't get it to work. When I used cmd.exe /k ... so the window remained I ran: whoami /user That told me the account was 'nt authority\system', SID 'S-1-5-18' Scott On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Jeremiahf <jeremi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you using > InstallPrivileges="elevated" > InstallScope="perMachine"/> > in <Package Id= > ? > > I've done it this way...give it a try. I to am running on windows 7 > > <CustomAction Id="ScriptForRemove" > Directory="TARGETDIR" > ExeCommand="cmd.exe /c sc delete something" > Return="check" > Execute="deferred" > Impersonate="no" /> > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Can someone show me code that can successfully do it? > > > > I tried: > > > > <CustomAction Id='Mklink' Directory="myDir" > > ExeCommand='[SystemFolder]cmd.exe /K mklink /D > mylink > > "[$(var.linkDest)]"' Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" /> > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Custom Action="Mklink" > > Before="InstallFinalize">$needALinkForThisComp=3</Custom> <!-- runs at > > install of that Compoent Id --> > > > > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > I'm running on Windows 7 > > > > The cmd window that pops up (titled: "Administrator: > > C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe") indicates that the System user doesn't have > > permission to make a symbolic link (thanks Microsoft!): > > "You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation." > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > "They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them > feel." -- Anonymous > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
