[wix-users] Single MSI with no setup.exe?

[Brian Link]

Hm. I'll have to look into that. As I said in the original message, these are two unfamiliar toolsets I'm working with: Wix, and Add-in Express (and of course, it's an emergency and needs to be deployed ASAP). The setup project was generated by a wizard from the latter, and their support boards say that in order to register an Office add-in, you need a setup.exe.

Seems to have something to do with their auto-registration tool and the fact the app needs to make changes in both MACHINE and CURRENT_USER registry branches.

If you have any tips for where to look to find a way to register without elevated privileges, I'd really love to hear about them!

Thanks

BLink

From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:28 PM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Single MSI with no setup.exe?

Uhh, that means you have a bug in your MSI (probably a custom action). You shouldn't need to elevate up front.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Brian Link
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:12 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Single MSI with no setup.exe?

Answered my own question. Setup.exe is needed to elevate rights to admin. By launching the MSI as admin via a registry hack<http://www.howtogeek.com/178826/how-to-force-an-msi-package-to-install-using-administrator-mode/<http://www.howtogeek.com/178826/how-to-force-an-msi-package-to-install-using-administrator-mode/>>, it will install everything properly.

BLink

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