[wix-users] PermissionEx - don't set permissions on subfolders - because it takes too long

[Lars Fiedler]

Thanks .  Is there a way to keep inheritance on the folder with Permission?  

I tried 
          <Permission User="[WIX_ACCOUNT_NETWORKSERVICE]" GenericAll="yes"/>
, but it looks like it disabled inheritance, so even Administrators couldn't look at the folder.  I needed to go in and change the owner just to edit the permissions via windows explorer.

I'm looking at :
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/permission.html

I see Append, but it says it's an unexpected attribute when compiling.

Cheers
  Lars
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob at firegiant.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:12 PM
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Subject: RE: PermissionEx - don't set permissions on subfolders - because it takes too long

See Permission element

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Subject: [wix-users] PermissionEx - don't set permissions on subfolders - because it takes too long

Hi,
  I have the following under a DirectoryRef/Component:

        <CreateFolder>
          <util:PermissionEx User="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" GenericAll="yes"  />
        </CreateFolder>

I want to set the permissions just on the top folder, and not any of the subfolders.  The reason is there are 1000s of subfolders and files within the directory, and during upgrades, it takes too long.  How can I disable Wix from traversing the subfolders and applying the permissions?

Cheers,
  Lars