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I am a beginner of Wix, I make a msi, and install it in windows7,but the application
only work correctly when runas administrator. Can somebody give me some suggest?

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    Do you mean that the setup needs to run with administrative privileges? Or the application that has been installed by your setup? Commented Aug 21, 2009 at 10:45
  • The application that has been installed by your setup need administrative privileges to run. Commented Aug 24, 2009 at 1:15

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You need to generate a verbose log file (see the command line options topic in the MSI SDK) and see what the actual install error is.

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sorry for my unclear question. the process of installation is successful, the application installed by setup package need adim privilege to run correctely.
The issue you described above means there is a bug somewhere in your installation. The Windows Installer will elevate correctly for you. However, if you have a bug in your setup (usually a buggy Custom Action) then things can still fail. A verbose log file will point to the root issue.
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Does it run on Vista? For installation it is common to be run by administrator - the application itself should be able to run without admin privileges and this requires dedicated work.

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