[wix-users] How to enforce candle.exe FIPS with -fips or <FipsCompliant>true</FipsCompliant>?

[Malcolm G.]

Our systems require the FIPS group policy to be enabled. When trying to get around the following error:


candle.exe(0,0): error CNDL0308: The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) appears to be enabled on the machine. You must either disable FIPS or use FIPS-compliant security algorithms to generate IDs by passing the -fips command-line switch or by setting true in your .wixproj project.



Where exactly should I be using the -fips parameter, or how should I use the <FipsCompliant>true</FipsCompliant> tag in my wixproj file? (is there a certain other tag it should be placed under)?