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[jagat]

hi,
I am facing a typical problem.We wanted to launch an application after the installation is completed.But on clicking the Setup complete Success Dialog ,sometimes the setup is asking for reboot.Hence the application is not getting executed if restart the system is clicked.Otherwise it works fine.I am using Developer 7.01 Basic msi project.
Is there any way to counter the above problem
Thanks in advance.
Regards,

[luke_s]

The way to run an executable after a reboot is to use the RunOnce registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce

You will need to create a custom action to set this value before you reboot, and then when you reboot the command that you set will be run. It is then removed after it has been run.

[jagat]

Hi luke,
Thank you very much for the information. It works brilliantly.
But the problem is how can I get the information that the system requires reboot after the installation is complete. It is handled internally by Window Installer. So if I would write the registry entries then it would be executed once at any cost .
I am using the Custom action with the following properties..
-> Launch an Executable
-> Stored in the Binary Table.
-> Ignore Custom action return code.
Can you please guide me through..
Regards,
Jagat

[PhilWilson]

The ReplacedInUseFiles property might help - it's set if the installer has replaced files and needs to reboot.