[RESOLVED] VS Setup Project installs for each user

[shocker-z]

Hi,

We're in the process of releasing software and i've noticed that our standalone version (Windows forms) reinstalls for each users, the issue for this is that we sell to colleges and generally they install of network shares. When the software tries installing for a user it can't find the network share (e.g. permission denied).

How can i stop the installer from launching when the user launches the software.

Reminds me of how Microsoft Office use to be back in the days of 2000.

Liam

[Hack]

Moved To Applications Deployment

[Negative0]

What installer package are you using to deploy your app?

If you are using a Setup and Deployment project and you are on VS2005 or above there is an InstallAllUsers property that you can set to True on the setup pacakge to install for all users.

[shocker-z]

Hi,

Yes i'm using the VS built in setup project, i've checked that and it's set as true.

This was on vista that i had the problem, i'll just give a quick check on XP too and report back.

Regards
Liam

[dilettante]

Have you tried opening the MSI with Orca.exe and examining the value for ALLUSERS in the Property table? I believe it should be 1 to act as you want (always per-machine) on both XP and Vista.

Specifying a Per-User or Per-Machine Installation

[dilettante]

You may also want to run a test install with verbose logging to see what this package is requesting and getting done:

Checking the Installation of Features, Components, Files

[shocker-z]

Hi,

Thanks for that,

I've checked with Orca and the value of ALLUSERS is 2 which means it will install as per machine if admin else will install as per users or fail on vista. I tried ALLUSERS=1 and still had same issue.

This seems to be the correct setup on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...7k(VS.80).aspx Setup as To specify mandatory per-computer installation.

It still however launches the installer again and runs the custom actions from the end of my installer.

I've created a log file using msiexec -i example.msi -l C:\log.log

What should i look for in the log file that may help?

Regards
Liam

[dilettante]

I suppose I would look at each logged "request" and its corresponding "installed" and "action" values to see what the install actually did. In most cases the action should be "local" and not "source" or "advertise."

[shocker-z]

Hi,

Thanks for that,

I looked through and noticed that:

Property(S): FolderForm_AllUsers = ME

So i enabled the InstallAllUsersVisible property of the user interface Installation Folder.

Now it still has


Property(S): FolderForm_AllUsers = ME

but further down it has:

Property(C): FolderForm_AllUsers = ALL
Property(C): FolderForm_AllUsersVisible = 1

which it didnt have before.

Very weird as by the site referenced in previous post not showing the option of Just Me or Everyone should make it default to everyone but it obviously doesn't.

Thanks again for your support as without it i would not have looked into places that i did.

Regards
Liam

[shocker-z]

I knew it didnt seem right...

Must have selected source on previouse try and that's why it seemed to have worked.

The actual issue is the shortcut that i had created in VS Setup's filesystem.

Going to diagnose further to see if it's the icon or what as a general shortcut to my exe works fine...

Annoying that i've spent a week on this without running the exe direct...

Liam