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I have written a custom action for my WIX installer. The action´s Execute-attribute is set to deferred and Impersonate and running before InstallFinalize but it encounters a problem within this action which is the missing admin rigth. The action creates a file in the INSTALLFOLDER which is Program File (x86)

Thats my WIX code:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Product Id="*" Name="WixTesterSetup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="WixTester" UpgradeCode="77b7ed9a-5394-43e9-aecb-cd9985368ef6"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <MediaTemplate /> <Feature Id="Core" Title="Core" Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" /> <UI> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal" /> <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchApplication">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed</Publish> </UI> <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch Wix Tester" /> <Property Id="WixShellEecxTarget" Value="[#WixTester.exe]" /> <CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" /> <Binary Id="CustomActionBinary" SourceFile="$(var.RegistrationInfoCustomAction.TargetDir)$(var.RegistrationInfoCustomAction.TargetName).CA.dll"/> <CustomAction Id="RegistrationInfoCustomAction" BinaryKey="CustomActionBinary" DllEntry="SaveUserInfo" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='RegistrationInfoCustomAction' Before='InstallFinalize'>NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WixTesterSetup"> <Component Feature="Core"> <File Id="WixTester.exe" Source="$(var.WixTester.TargetPath)" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Product> </Wix>

Simple custom action:

 public class CustomActions { [CustomAction] public static ActionResult SaveUserInfo(Session session) { File.Create(System.IO.Path.Combine(session.GetTargetPath("INSTALLFOLDER"), "test.xml")); return ActionResult.Success; } }

Not intresting WixTester:

class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("Test Started"); Console.ReadLine(); } }

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Diagnose: I suspect there is something else wrong than just permissions. Please try the following:

Verbose Log File: Please create a verbose log file:

msiexec.exe /I "C:\file.msi" /QN /L*V "C:\msilog.log"

Hot Log Interpretation Tip: Search for "value 3" in the log file to find errors as explained by Rob Mensching (Wix & Orca author). MSI log files can be overwhelming otherwise.

More: How to interpret an MSI Log File (and in PDF format from WayBack).

Debugging Custom Actions: Are you attaching the debugger to the custom action in question? Please find information here: WIxsharp debug custom action in console - and a direct link to an Advanced Installer demonstration video. And a link to MSDN / Microsoft Docs.

Debugging In Short: show a message box and attach to it.

XML Files: XML files can be installed with WiX XML features and should not be generated via custom actions. You could also create the file from the application itself on launch in a location writable for the user. Here are a couple of links for the latter:

Recommendation: I do not know which approach can work for you. Recommend you generate the file via the application and save in the userprofile. One xml file per user.

Links:

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Thanks for your reply. If I attach to msiexec.exe process I don´t reach my custom action.
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The Problem was that deferred custom actions don´t have access to session["PropertyName"] the solution was to use session.CustomActionData["PORTProperty"] and pass the variables throught a custom action type 51. The new WIX code looks like:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Product Id="*" Name="WixTesterSetup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="WixTester" UpgradeCode="77b7ed9a-5394-43e9-aecb-cd9985368ef6"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <MediaTemplate /> <Feature Id="Core" Title="Core" Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" /> <UI> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal" /> <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchApplication">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed</Publish> </UI> <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch Wix Tester" /> <Property Id="WixShellEecxTarget" Value="[#WixTester.exe]" /> <CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" /> <Binary Id="CustomActionBinary" SourceFile="$(var.RegistrationInfoCustomAction.TargetDir)$(var.RegistrationInfoCustomAction.TargetName).CA.dll"/> <CustomAction Id="RegistrationInfoCustomAction" BinaryKey="CustomActionBinary" DllEntry="SaveUserInfo" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" /> <CustomAction Id="CustomAction51" Property="RegistrationInfoCustomAction" Value="INSTALLFOLDER=[INSTALLFOLDER]" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="CustomAction51" Before='InstallFinalize' /> <Custom Action='RegistrationInfoCustomAction' After='CustomAction51'>NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WixTesterSetup"> <Component Feature="Core"> <File Id="WixTester.exe" Source="$(var.WixTester.TargetPath)" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Product> </Wix>

The Custom Action now looks like:

 using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net.Mime; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller; namespace RegistrationInfoCustomAction { public class CustomActions { [CustomAction] public static ActionResult SaveUserInfo(Session session) { File.Create(System.IO.Path.Combine(session.CustomActionData["INSTALLFOLDER"], "test.xml")); return ActionResult.Success; } } }
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