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Vincent Yu - 03 Jun 2004 02:41 GMT

Hi, I'm writing an installation package using vsinstaller 1.1 with vc6.0sp6. Is there a way to install an application for all users? I know that you can turn on AllUsers flags in the properties table in the .msi but what's the equivalent way in vsinstaller? I don't want to edit the .msi file each time I made a change to my setup

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Vincent

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Tim Macaulay[MSFT] - 15 Jun 2004 22:32 GMT

Vincent,

There is no way through the IDE to be able to set the Allusers property.
However, you can set it on the command-line when running the install, and
then when you get to your final build, you can set the property in the MSI
by using Orca.

You could also use tools such as InstallShield or Wise Installer to be able
to set this property.

Command-Line:
msiexec /i mymsi ALLUSERS=1

Cheers,
Tim Macaulay, MCSD, MCP.Net
Microsoft Product Support

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