[wix-users] Access Denied when invoking a custom action

[Steven Ogilvie]

You should show the custom action from your .wxs file and perhaps the custom action in the .cs file?

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> Subject: [wix-users] Access Denied when invoking a custom action
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> Running into an issue and don't understand why.  I created a standard msi
> installer that installs support files and a Visual Studio extension. It uses one
> C# custom action to identify the installed instances of Visual Studio.  Really
> nothing special about the custom action and the code is open source. I
> borrowed the class code from the IsWix installer project.  For the person
> installing, the first time they run it, the installer will complete normally.
> Running it multiple times will cause a dialog to display when the RunDll is
> invoked for the custom action:
> 
> "There was a problem starting <path to dll>"
> Access is denied.
> 
> Walking through the logs shows the custom action being invoked as the
> precursor to the dialog and subsequent failure.
> 
> Has anyone seen this before and what did you do to resolve it?
> 
> Jim Coryat
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