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Mar 25, 2010

Hi all-InstallAnywhere newbie here. Searched user guild for keyword elevated, but found nothing.Here's my problem. As part of the product installation, I need to register a service using "sc create...". This requires elevated privileges under Wind...

Jun 03, 2009

Our product installer does a version check to make sure that nothing gets installed unless the OS is Windows 2003 SP1. I would like to install the product internally on newer versions of Windows test the compatibility. Unfortunately the person who...

Mar 29, 2010

The main installer cannot be run in elevated privilege mode because the embedded 3rd party product needs to be installed as logged in user (or else we run into permission issues. This behavior is specific to Windows Server 2008).The point I am tryi...

Mar 27, 2010

Vlad,Sorry about not providing better details of my situation. At a high level, here's what the installation process looks like.1. Ask for a bunch of inputs2. Install an embedded 3rd party product (needs to happen in normal mode)3. Install binaries,...

Mar 26, 2010

The wikipedia article did help me understand a few facts about UAC. Thanks.Still wondering if there is a way in IA to elevate privileges as and when needed?

Jun 04, 2009

Yes I can rebuild the installer, but I will need to acquire InstallAnywhere skills. Since that is going to take some time, I was looking for a shortcut...

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