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‎Jun 08, 2009
02:24 PM
.rra Access is denied error on Vista (0x5) - InstallScript
Product: InstallShield 2009 Premier
Project type: InstallScript
I am working on a project that will be run by Vista users that do not have Admin privileges. On XP or Vista (when run by an admin), the install works properly. When run by a Vista non-admin users are presented with a File Error message that stat29d4.rra "Access is denied." (0x5). Why is Vista not requesting that the user elevate privileges by requesting an admin's authentication info?
Under the "Releases" view, "Setup.exe" tab, "Required Execution Level" is set to "Administrator".
Is there a way in InstallScript to force user's to elevate privileges? The "Required Execution Level) doesn't seem to do anything.
Project type: InstallScript
I am working on a project that will be run by Vista users that do not have Admin privileges. On XP or Vista (when run by an admin), the install works properly. When run by a Vista non-admin users are presented with a File Error message that stat29d4.rra "Access is denied." (0x5). Why is Vista not requesting that the user elevate privileges by requesting an admin's authentication info?
Under the "Releases" view, "Setup.exe" tab, "Required Execution Level" is set to "Administrator".
Is there a way in InstallScript to force user's to elevate privileges? The "Required Execution Level) doesn't seem to do anything.
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‎Jun 09, 2009
05:44 PM
I'm not seeing the behavior you are describing. If the required execution level is set to require Administrator for an InstallScript project, the resulting setup.exe triggers a UAC prompt when launched.
Is this issue occurring on multiple machines or only some? Has UAC been disabled on the machine(s) this behavior is occurring on (the required execution level will have no effect in this case)?
Is this issue occurring on multiple machines or only some? Has UAC been disabled on the machine(s) this behavior is occurring on (the required execution level will have no effect in this case)?
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‎Jun 10, 2009
02:41 PM
joshstechnij, thanks for the reply, it helped me realize that the described behavior was occurring because the Vista machines with non-Admin users had UAC turned off. The following function was implemented to let me know the following:
[LIST=1]
NonAdmin user
Vista or newer OS
Machine has UAC turned off
If all 3 criteria are true, the function returns "FALSE", otherwise, it returns "TRUE". I call this function in the "OnBegin" function, and if "FALSE" is returned, the installation aborts.
function BOOL Vista_UAC_Check()
begin
end;
[LIST=1]
If all 3 criteria are true, the function returns "FALSE", otherwise, it returns "TRUE". I call this function in the "OnBegin" function, and if "FALSE" is returned, the installation aborts.
function BOOL Vista_UAC_Check()
STRING szKey, svValue, strOS;
NUMBER nvType, nvSize, numOS;
begin
GetSystemInfo (OSMAJOR, numOS, strOS);
//Is it a Vista or newer OS
if (numOS >= 6) then
//Check for non-Admin users
if (Is(USER_ADMINISTRATOR, "") = FALSE) then
RegDBSetDefaultRoot ( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE );
szKey = "\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System";
if (RegDBGetKeyValueEx(szKey, "EnableLUA", nvType, svValue, nvSize) = 0) then
//Check if UAC is turned off
if (svValue = "0") then
return FALSE;
endif;
endif;
endif;
endif;
return TRUE;
end;
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‎Mar 07, 2011
12:13 AM
Issue happens due to dots in the file name/or path in the Setup Design.
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