[wix-users] Execute a binary with administrator privileges.

[Edwin Castro]

Adding wix-users again so that other can also answer.

It seems the problem is that "Run as administrator" doesn't show up for
your configuration tool in the context menu. Assuming your configuration
tool has an .exe extension then I would expect Windows to already handle
this automatically.

It is interesting that your x86 and x64 installers appear to work
differently. Are you testing both installers on the same test system? If
not, then perhaps the x86 system is corrupted? Do you see "Run as
administrator" for any other executable on your x86 system?

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:52 PM Letty Lo Gon <letty95 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Well to answer that I must say that the exe file embedded that is
> installed, is a configuration tool that helps to interact to some devices.
> The whole product is a driver, so this binary should be executed as
> administrator, however, when I tried to do a right click on it, I don't see
> the Administrator option.
>
> A little bit more information. I have to installers one for x86 and the
> second one for x64, the installer for x64 allows me to execute the binary
> as administrator. This binary is on a merge module, that is referenced on
> the installer.
> For the x86 installer, I have the same binary compiled for x86, in a
> different merge module, and is referenced in the same way as I do in x64,
> however, when the x86 installation is done, and I tried to execute this
> binary as administrator, I don't see the option.
> I already did some debugging on the installer and also in the merge
> modules that contains this binary, and its pretty much the same properties
> that I'm using in both architectures, but the result is different.
>
> Thanks for try to help me
> Kind Regards
> Leticia Lomeli
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 2:04 PM Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I still think Rob's answer is correct if I am understanding what you're
>> saying.
>>
>> Let's get the installer out of the way. What would you do manually to
>> allow you to execute the files as administrator? What behavior do you
>> expect? What behavior do you actually get?
>>
>> --
>> Edwin G. Castro
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:05 AM Letty Lo Gon via wix-users <
>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> > Thanks in advance to take time to answer this question, I may not
>>> explain
>>> > myself in a good way. The setup.exe allows to be executed as an
>>> > administrator and also as a normal user, but after the installation is
>>> > done. Some files installed(exe Files embedded), allow me to execute
>>> them as
>>> > administrator, and other ones not, this is the reason why I think
>>> could be
>>> > a property that I can set up, or maybe the level indicated for each
>>> > component that contains this files.
>>> > After this information, do you think is something related to WIX or
>>> should
>>> > I search in Microsoft Information?
>>> >
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>> Leticia Lomeli
>>>
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