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About Standard User Installations
Windows Installer Editor Reference
2.
In the Categories list, click Predefined Templates.
3.
In the Templates/Tools list, click the Windows Application icon.
A Windows Application installation is a standard installation intended for a Windows
computer or server.
4.
In the File type section, specify the type of file to create:
Create an .MSI (Windows Installer database), which is a distributable
installation.
Create a .WSI (Windows Installer project), which contains instructions for
compiling an .MSI.
See
Project Files and Database Files
5.
Select a target platform: 32-bit, 64-bit (x64), or 64-bit (Itanium).
See
How to Specify the Target Platform
6.
If the application has been written to be installed and run by standard users without
elevation, mark Create a Vista Standard User Installation. This clears the
Enable User Account Control (UAC) check box in Installation Expert > Windows
Installer Options page.
See
Creating an Installation for Standard Users
7.
Click OK. The new installation opens.
To start a new installation in the Visual Studio integrated editor
When you start a new installation, you have several options for how to proceed. Not only
do you choose whether to create a project associated with a solution, but you also
choose what kind of file to create. Typically, you will create an installation in one of these
ways:
As a project integrated with a Visual Studio solution. Do this to create an installation
for an application you have developed in Visual Studio.
See
Creating an Installation Within a Solution
As a stand-alone installation that is not integrated with a solution. Do this to
package application files that are not already in a Visual Studio solution into an
installation.
See
Creating a Stand-alone Installation
Windows Installer 4.0 or later only.
The User Account Control (UAC) that was introduced with Windows Vista provides a
temporary privilege-elevation model. A standard user installation is one in which the
UAC is disabled so that standard users can install it without elevation. The installation
cannot contain actions that access a protected area on the destination computer.
During development, a standard user installation behaves as follows:
Windows Installer Editor warns you when you make a change in the installation that
is incompatible with a standard user installation:
On the Files page, the default installation folder in the lower-left list box is
Windows\Profiles\Local Settings\Application Data instead of Program Files.
Working With Wise Installation Files
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