First of all, I would recommend you using PermissionEx instead. It is a standard WiX extension and it has one really huge advantage over Permission – it doesn’t overwrite, but modifies ACLs. And by default, it applies permissions to the folder and all its descendant files and folders, so you don’t have to specify anything … Read more
The wixui extension is no longer wixui.wixlib. It was rolled into the WixUIExtension. If you are on the command line, add -ext WixUIExtension to the call to light.exe. If you have a WiX project in Visual Studio, add a reference to “WixUIExtension” by right clicking on “References” in the Solution Explorer. See the WiXUI Dialog … Read more
Every component has a key path; the most common is a file. Your component doesn’t have a file or other key path, so WiX gives it the default of a directory. Windows Installer then comes along and says that components with directory key paths must ensure the directory is created, even if something else will … Read more