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Asked: 2026-05-13T10:40:17+00:00

Microsoft has an article ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835460 ) which explains how to use the Orca

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Microsoft has an article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835460) which explains how to use the Orca database editor to remove the “Everyone” option and the “Just me” option from a Windows Installer package that you created by using Visual Studio .NET, but no where in that article do they explain what the default option is. In other words, the application will either be installed for everyone or for just the user. Does anyone know which it is? Thanks.

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    The default for deployment projects (MSI files) for the InstallAllUsers property is “Just me”.

    Abstract:

    InstallAllUsers Property

    False — The application will only be
    installed for the current user and
    will not be visible to other users of
    the computer (the default).

    True — The application will be
    installed for all users.

    Also the InstallAllUsersVisible property (available from VS.NET 2005 onwards), which seems to control whether the user option of choosing ‘Just me’ or ‘Everyone’ is visible at all. In other words, you don’t need to fiddle with the Orca MSI database editor to show or hide this choice in your installer.

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