[wix-users] Running PowerShell script after installer finishes

[duggal_sunny at yahoo.com]

By manual, I mean out of installer actions. I just wanted to say that powershell command I specified in the installer does work fine when ran independent of installer.

Thx
Manish 

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> On Jun 14, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What do you mean by "I was able to invoke my script manually and it does ask for the elevation"? Which precise steps do you take to invoke the script manually?
> 
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> Edwin G. Castro
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 17:23 manish duggal via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>> Hi
>> I have a requirement to launch a powershell script after my installer finishes. My requirement is to launch it and ask for elevation if needed. I was able to invoke my script manually and it does ask for the elevation. However, the custom action in installer doesn't somehow launching the script. 
>> Here is my custom action detail
>> <Property Id='LaunchAction' Value='TO_BE_OVERRIDDEN' />        <SetProperty Id='LaunchAction'                      Value='"powershell.exe" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '[INSTALLDIR]Script.ps1' -InstallDir '[INSTALLDIR]';"'                     Before='LaunchAction                      Sequence='execute' />        <CustomAction Id='LaunchAction'                      BinaryKey='WixCA'                      DllEntry='CAQuietExec64'                      Execute='immediate'                      Return='ignore'                      Impersonate='no'/>
>> Why it is not getting invoked correctly after installer finishes? I looked at "WixShellExecTarget" but not sure if this could really be used to run a PowerShell script with parameters. 
>> Appreciate help in this regard. 
>> ThxManish 
>> 
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