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Program Compatibility Assistant thinks my app is an installer

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Add this into your manifest. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes”?> <assembly xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″ manifestVersion=”1.0″> <compatibility xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1″> <application> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows Vista –> <supportedOS Id=”{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 –> <supportedOS Id=”{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}”/> <!–The ID below indicates app support for Windows 8 –> <supportedOS Id=”{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}”/> <!–The ID below indicates … Read more

Privileges/owner issue when writing in C:\ProgramData\

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No, C:\ProgramData, aka FOLDERID_ProgramData, has restricted security settings. Standard users can create files there. But these files are, by default, secured so that only the user that created the file can subsequently modify the file. The recommended solution is for your installer to create a sub directory of C:\ProgramData for your shared storage. And that … Read more

How to prevent “This program might not have installed correctly” messages on Vista

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Include this section in the program’s manifest file: <compatibility xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1″> <application> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows Vista –> <supportedOS Id=”{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 –> <supportedOS Id=”{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8 –> <supportedOS Id=”{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows … Read more

Requested registry access is not allowed

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app.manifest should be like this: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <asmv1:assembly manifestVersion=”1.0″ xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″ xmlns:asmv1=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″ xmlns:asmv2=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2″ xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”> <assemblyIdentity version=”1.0.0.0″ name=”MyApplication.app” /> <trustInfo xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2″> <security> <requestedPrivileges xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3″> <requestedExecutionLevel level=”requireAdministrator” uiAccess=”false” /> </requestedPrivileges> </security> </trustInfo> </asmv1:assembly>

How to screen shot a UAC prompt?

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This method using the group policy editor should do the job: 1) Run gpedit.msc 2) Under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\SecurityOptions: Change “User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation” to disabled Undo this change after the screenshot, because it makes the system less secure!

The UAC prompt shows a temporary random Program Name for msi, can the correct name be displayed?

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Use the /d command line argument with the required program name when executing signtool to sign the msi. It appears that the windows installer creates a temporary copy of the msi file and assigns it a generated name before running it. If you don’t use /d with signtool, you get to see the temporary filename … Read more

XAMPP installation on Win 8.1 with UAC Warning

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There are two things you need to check: Ensure that your user account has administrator privilege. Disable UAC (User Account Control) as it restricts certain administrative function needed to run a web server. To ensure that your user account has administrator privilege, run lusrmgr.msc from the Windows Start > Run menu to bring up the … Read more

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