I want to create an MSI in WiX such that it can take a command line parameter to indicate whether it is a per-machine or per-user installation and consequently whether to raise a UAC dialog.
What is the best way to accomplish this?
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I want to create an MSI in WiX such that it can take a command line parameter to indicate whether it is a per-machine or per-user installation and consequently whether to raise a UAC dialog.
What is the best way to accomplish this?
I haven’t been able to test in Vista yet, but what works in XP for limited user per user install and admin user per machine install is the following:
msiexec /i myinstaller.msi ALLUSERS=” INSTALLDIR=’C:\Documents and Settings[Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\My COmpany\My Program’
The INSTALLDIR can be anything that a limited user can write to. The above is the directory Google Chrome uses. Found from the following link that the ALLUSERS property can actually be blank which is distint from 1 or 2 and that correctly sets the ProgramDir and Desktop locations
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/11/18/6385121.aspx