Use MSI3.1 on Windows 2003 SP1
- can users without administrator privilege install a MSI package? where can I
set this up
- can users without adminstrator privileges install in C:\Program Files?
- can I install two copies of same application (same productversion) on a
given system?
eg. install the same project.msi twice into C:\project1 and C:\project2
if that is indeed possible, how can we patch the two installations separately?
appreciate responses and/or pointers
thanks in advance!
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Non-Administrator Users
Started by
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, Apr 18 2006 01:07
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Stefan Krueger
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 11:43
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| - can users without administrator privilege install a MSI package? where can I set this up |
Yes, if you make sure your setup doesn't try to write to any location where a restricted user isn't allowed to write. Or you can have the administrator "publish" the product (via Group Policy).
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| - can users without adminstrator privileges install in C:\Program Files? |
In general no, unless the administrator has either changed the default security restrictions, or has "blessed" the setup by publishing it.
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| - can I install two copies of same application (same productversion) on a given system? |
That's a problem. You can do it but each copy needs a different ProductCode. Windows Installer has a feature called "Instance Transforms" for that purpose, but some restrictions apply (in particular this doesn't work on some Windows versions)
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