What relevant settings are you using now? InstallScope="perMachine"? Anything else? --------------- Phil Wilson
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Gerry Reno <gr...@verizon.net> wrote: > I am still having difficulty getting this install to work reliably. > > Today I go to uninstall / reinstall on this Win 7 machine w/UAC enabled and > it refuses to install. > > First, I uninstalled the previous install. It asked for permission to change > things on the machine. I said OK and it uninstalled successfully. > > Then I go and try to install using the very same installer as before (no > changes other than an updated application file) and it doesn't prompt for UAC > and gives me an error message about insufficient privileges in C:\Program > Files(x86)\OURINSTALLDIR . > > Yet this installation directory is created by the installer itself. > > Is there yet some other permission I need to grant this thing so that an > uninstall / install sequence will work properly? > > > > > Jan 25, 2014 07:04:36 PM, wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > =========================================== > > Now he tells me. :-) > > I did both. It worked. > > > > On 01/24/2014 12:38 AM, Blair Murri wrote: >> InstallPrivileges will work, but is deprecated (or at least should have >> been). InstallScope is preferred. There is no need to do both. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Blair >> >> >> >> >> >> From: roberthyang >> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:26 PM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> >> >> >> >> >> Also look into Package/InstallScope, which might be more appropriate. >> >> >> Gerry Reno wrote >>> It looks like adding this to Package may do the trick: >>> >>> |InstallPrivileges="elevated"| >>> >>> I'll try it and see. >>> >>> >>> On 01/21/2014 08:21 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>> I have a WIX installer built that installs fine on XP machines. >>>> >>>> When I go to install on Win 7 machines that have UAC enabled the install >>>> gets a Premature Failure and rolls back. >>>> >>>> How do I get the installer to install on these Win 7 machines without >>>> disabling UAC? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Install-fails-on-Win-7-w-UAC-enabled-tp7591942p7591970.html >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
