Installing Msi with elevated admin rights?

[PeterST1]

I'm running StudioAdmin and the MSIs I'm building won't run with a standard user. There is an option to change this if building MSis for Vista, but not Xp. Any ideas? Can't see anywhere in Installshield or Tuner to enable admin rights for the MSI.

cheers

[Mailman_1]

I'm running StudioAdmin and the MSIs I'm building won't run with a standard user. There is an option to change this if building MSis for Vista, but not Xp. Any ideas? Can't see anywhere in Installshield or Tuner to enable admin rights for the MSI.

cheers

You can add some registry keys the registry table to install with elevated priviledges or your distribution tool (If you use 1) will have an option do do it.

I forget the key that needs to be added. A search on the web will return lots of solutions.

[Mailman_1]

There's HKLM AlwaysInstall Elevated Keys AND HKCU... to properly set it, you have to set it in both places...

[DieScum]

It is the deployment tool that handles this not the MSI. It will be running as system probably so will elevate.

The option for vista is so that you can create an MSI that does not prompt for UAC if it is only doing non-privileged stuff like writing to the user profile.

[PeterST1]

It is the deployment tool that handles this not the MSI. It will be running as system probably so will elevate.

The option for vista is so that you can create an MSI that does not prompt for UAC if it is only doing non-privileged stuff like writing to the user profile.

Yup you're right, thanks guys.