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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
Our product is installed via an MSI which has been operating just fine under
Windows XP for the past few years. We just started testing on Windows Vista and we are encountering an installation problem. The problem occurs when attempting to register an ActiveX EXE during the installation. Unlike DLL's and OCX's which are registered via RegSrv32.exe, an ActiveX EXE is registered by runing the executable with the command parameter /RegServer. For example: c:\folder\location\MyEXE.exe / RegServer This is the step which is failing within the MSI. Just for kicks, I tried this from the Windows shell. Sure enough, up pops a security dialog box :-\. (BTW, this dialog box pops up every single time I attempt this command. Shouldn't there be an option to mark the executable as trusted so that I don't have to go through this once I've already indicated that the command is safe?) Anyway, how do I get around this for Windows Vista? Is it a matter of signing our application code so that it will have a higher level of trust under Windows Vista? Thanks for your advice! - Joseph Geretz - |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
Your installer needs to be running elevated. Custom actions in an installer
under Vista are tricky. See these resources for some more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive...-in-Vista.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/ http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/ "Joseph Geretz" wrote: Our product is installed via an MSI which has been operating just fine under Windows XP for the past few years. We just started testing on Windows Vista and we are encountering an installation problem. The problem occurs when attempting to register an ActiveX EXE during the installation. Unlike DLL's and OCX's which are registered via RegSrv32.exe, an ActiveX EXE is registered by runing the executable with the command parameter /RegServer. For example: c:\folder\location\MyEXE.exe / RegServer This is the step which is failing within the MSI. Just for kicks, I tried this from the Windows shell. Sure enough, up pops a security dialog box :-\. (BTW, this dialog box pops up every single time I attempt this command. Shouldn't there be an option to mark the executable as trusted so that I don't have to go through this once I've already indicated that the command is safe?) Anyway, how do I get around this for Windows Vista? Is it a matter of signing our application code so that it will have a higher level of trust under Windows Vista? Thanks for your advice! - Joseph Geretz - |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
As Jesper says: Your installer needs to be running elevated.
Simplest way is to right mouse click on the msi file and Run as Administrator. If there's a subsequent problem in actually running the application check out the Properties / Compatibility TAB (on the application's exe file?) and see if setting to XP helps. |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
On Feb 16, 12:53 pm, "Joseph Geretz" wrote:
Our product is installed via an MSI which has been operating just fine under Windows XP for the past few years. We just started testing on WindowsVista and we are encountering an installationproblem. Theproblemoccurs when attempting to register an ActiveX EXE during the installation. Unlike DLL's and OCX's which are registered via RegSrv32.exe, an ActiveX EXE is registered by runing the executable with the command parameter /RegServer. For example: c:\folder\location\MyEXE.exe /RegServer This is the step which is failing within the MSI. Just for kicks, I tried this from the Windows shell. Sure enough, up pops a security dialog box :-\. (BTW, this dialog box pops up every single time I attempt this command. Shouldn't there be an option to mark the executable as trusted so that I don't have to go through this once I've already indicated that the command is safe?) Anyway, how do I get around this for WindowsVista? Is it a matter of signing our application code so that it will have a higher level of trust under WindowsVista? Thanks for your advice! - Joseph Geretz - Joseph, please let me know if you finally overcame the problem with / RegServer. Signing of EXE doesn't help... Thanks Simon |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
No, the advice which I got did not solve the problem at all.
First of all, the installer is running elevated. I get the Vista prompt screen An unidentified program, etc... Once I click to proceed, the MSI should be running elevated, no? But for some unidentified reason, the launch of the executable from within the MSI is not occurring elevated. The error I get during the install is "Unexpected error; quitting" which is the same error I get when running MyExe.exe / RegServer from the Start | Run. So if the MSI is running elevated, why the @!#$^@^#$% isn't MyExe launched as elevated from within the MSI? Hey all you Microsoft gurus. Can't I get some help with a simple question? Thanks! - Joseph Geretz - wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 16, 12:53 pm, "Joseph Geretz" wrote: Our product is installed via an MSI which has been operating just fine under Windows XP for the past few years. We just started testing on WindowsVista and we are encountering an installationproblem. Theproblemoccurs when attempting to register an ActiveX EXE during the installation. Unlike DLL's and OCX's which are registered via RegSrv32.exe, an ActiveX EXE is registered by runing the executable with the command parameter /RegServer. For example: c:\folder\location\MyEXE.exe /RegServer This is the step which is failing within the MSI. Just for kicks, I tried this from the Windows shell. Sure enough, up pops a security dialog box :-\. (BTW, this dialog box pops up every single time I attempt this command. Shouldn't there be an option to mark the executable as trusted so that I don't have to go through this once I've already indicated that the command is safe?) Anyway, how do I get around this for WindowsVista? Is it a matter of signing our application code so that it will have a higher level of trust under WindowsVista? Thanks for your advice! - Joseph Geretz - Joseph, please let me know if you finally overcame the problem with / RegServer. Signing of EXE doesn't help... Thanks Simon |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:43:26 -0500, "Joseph Geretz"
First of all, the installer is running elevated. I get the Vista prompt screen An unidentified program, etc... Once I click to proceed, the MSI should be running elevated, no? Perhaps not in the way you require. There may be a difference between "pre-elevating" something by rt-clicking it and running as administrator, and waiting for UAC to trap something and throw up an elevation prompt. UAC is the visible part of a larger and deeper compatibility system. The same system can be preset via rt-click, compatibility properties; in fact, there's a "run as admin" option there too. Or the compatibility system can automatically tailor how an app runs if it pops up a "did that work OK?" dialog when something finishes running. --------------- ---- --- -- - - - - Saws are too hard to use. Be easier to use! --------------- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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Problems installing our software on Windows Vista
Try disabling UAC to see if it will install.
-- Mike Matheny "Joseph Geretz" wrote in message ... No, the advice which I got did not solve the problem at all. First of all, the installer is running elevated. I get the Vista prompt screen An unidentified program, etc... Once I click to proceed, the MSI should be running elevated, no? But for some unidentified reason, the launch of the executable from within the MSI is not occurring elevated. The error I get during the install is "Unexpected error; quitting" which is the same error I get when running MyExe.exe / RegServer from the Start | Run. So if the MSI is running elevated, why the @!#$^@^#$% isn't MyExe launched as elevated from within the MSI? Hey all you Microsoft gurus. Can't I get some help with a simple question? Thanks! - Joseph Geretz - wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 16, 12:53 pm, "Joseph Geretz" wrote: Our product is installed via an MSI which has been operating just fine under Windows XP for the past few years. We just started testing on WindowsVista and we are encountering an installationproblem. Theproblemoccurs when attempting to register an ActiveX EXE during the installation. Unlike DLL's and OCX's which are registered via RegSrv32.exe, an ActiveX EXE is registered by runing the executable with the command parameter /RegServer. For example: c:\folder\location\MyEXE.exe /RegServer This is the step which is failing within the MSI. Just for kicks, I tried this from the Windows shell. Sure enough, up pops a security dialog box :-\. (BTW, this dialog box pops up every single time I attempt this command. Shouldn't there be an option to mark the executable as trusted so that I don't have to go through this once I've already indicated that the command is safe?) Anyway, how do I get around this for WindowsVista? Is it a matter of signing our application code so that it will have a higher level of trust under WindowsVista? Thanks for your advice! - Joseph Geretz - Joseph, please let me know if you finally overcame the problem with / RegServer. Signing of EXE doesn't help... Thanks Simon |