[wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7

Mon Jan 23 23:26:22 PST 2017

Hi,
We had almost the same problem.
In the matter of fact target computer can have different levels of UAC and
therefore we make our customers always run installations 'As
Administrator'. Thus we prevent us from unnecessary defects :)

Also when you start command prompt "As administrator"  you should have UAC
prompt.

If you want to cover all possible cases you should wrap your MSI in
executable that elevates permissions with a prompt always.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Nathan Roe <nroe at zotecpartners.com> wrote:

> I did that.  Like I said below, that will cause the installer to not
> prompt with the UAC dialog (just like when UAC is disabled) and the install
> works correctly.  Is there any way for me to get this to work with the UAC
> prompt?
>
>
> Nathan  Roe
> Senior Software Engineer
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> nroe at ZotecPartners.com
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> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Fyodor Koryazhkin
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 7:50 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7
>
> Hi,
> Please try the following:
> 1. Click Start button
> 2. On search edit box type cmd
> 3. In the window on the top cmd.exe appear.
> 4. Right click on it and choose "Run As Administrator"
> 5. In the cmd prompt type msiexec.exe <path to your msi file>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Nathan Roe <nroe at zotecpartners.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How do you run an install as administrator in Windows 7?  The option
> > is not there when I right-click or shift+right-click.  The only thing
> > I can do is run it as a different user.  I tried running it from a
> > command prompt run as administrator and that does work, but the UAC
> > dialog to prompt for elevation doesn't pop up.  I think the issue is
> > what that dialog.  The installer always fails after I click Yes in that
> dialog.
> >
> >
> > Nathan  Roe
> > Senior Software Engineer
> >
> > 317-805-4013 P
> >
> > nroe at ZotecPartners.com
> >
> > Corporate
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> > http://www.zotecpartners.com
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of Fyodor Koryazhkin
> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 5:18 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7
> >
> > Hi,
> > try to run your installation "as administrator" to see whether it
> > resolves your problem.
> >
> > On Jan 20, 2017 9:35 PM, "Nathan Roe" <nroe at zotecpartners.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm using a domain account that is in the local administrators group.
> > >
> > >
> > > Nathan  Roe
> > > Senior Software Engineer
> > >
> > > 317-805-4013 P
> > >
> > > nroe at ZotecPartners.com
> > >
> > > Corporate
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Visit us at:
> > > http://www.zotecpartners.com
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> > >
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> > > Zotec Partners, LLC disclaimer information
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Fyodor Koryazhkin
> > > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 11:55 AM
> > > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Did you define password for built in user Administrator on the
> computer?.
> > > By default after installation of windows this user has empty
> > > password and you need to define the password for it. Only this user
> > > has FULL rights on the computer, being the member of administrative
> > > group does not grant full permissions.
> > > In every new windows version Microsoft hardens the security and
> > > therefore the behavior may differ from version to version.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Nathan Roe <nroe at zotecpartners.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Disabling UAC and running the installer as the same user works.
> > > > Doesn't that mean the user does have access?  I'm testing this
> > > > with a local admin account.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Nathan  Roe
> > > > Senior Software Engineer
> > > >
> > > > 317-805-4013 P
> > > >
> > > > nroe at ZotecPartners.com
> > > >
> > > > Corporate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Visit us at:
> > > > http://www.zotecpartners.com
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> > > > Zotec Partners, LLC disclaimer information
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > > > Behalf Of Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
> > > > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 11:29 AM
> > > > To: 'WiX Toolset Users Mailing List'
> > > > <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7
> > > >
> > > > I suspect the user executing the installation doesn't have rights
> > > > to manage the 'Local Machine' certificate store location.
> > > > Changing from localMachine to currentUser may do the trick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > > > Behalf Of Nathan Roe
> > > > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 5:04 AM
> > > > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > > > Subject: [wix-users] Certificate Install Error in Windows 7
> > > >
> > > > I have the following setup in my installer (WiX 3.10.3):
> > > >
> > > > <Binary Id="LocalhostPfx" SourceFile="localhost.pfx" /> ...
> > > > <iis:Certificate Id="LocalhostPersonalCertificate"
> > > > BinaryKey="LocalhostPfx" Name="localhost"
> StoreLocation="localMachine"
> > > > StoreName="personal" Overwrite="yes" PFXPassword="*****" Request="no"
> > > > />
> > > >
> > > > This works correctly in Windows 10 and Windows 7 when UAC is
> disabled.
> > > > However, I get the following error in my install log in Windows 7
> > > > when UAC is enabled:
> > > >
> > > > InstallCertificates: Error 0x80090010: Failed to open PFX file.
> > > > InstallCertificates: Error 0x80090010: Failed to get SHA1 hash of
> > > > certificate.
> > > > InstallCertificates: Error 0x80090010: Failed to resolve certificate:
> > > > LocalhostPersonalCertificate CustomAction InstallCertificates
> > > > returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100%
> > > > accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help me work around this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Nathan
> > > >
> > > > Nathan Roe
> > > > Senior Software Engineer
> > > >
> > > > 317-805-4013 P
> > > >
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