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Setup Project: Changing Permissions of the Installation Directory

I have a setup project to deploy our software -- but I have a problem.
I want the installation to be system wide, but I also want all users
to have rwx permissions to the installation directory (c:\program
files\company\program\)

The reason is as follows: I have an autoupdate feature that grabs new
updates when they are available -- but in many cases a regular user is
at the machine and cannot update the software because they do not have
write permissions to the program directory.

So, within the setup project, at post install time, I want to alter
the permissions of the directory. Is this possible?
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Ryan,

one way around this would be to have the administrator install this onto the
terminals, and then have your update service run as the admin account when
performing the update.

Just an idea.

Dan.

"Ryan McCormack" <ry**@ractor.org> wrote in message
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I have a setup project to deploy our software -- but I have a problem.
I want the installation to be system wide, but I also want all users
to have rwx permissions to the installation directory (c:\program
files\company\program\)

The reason is as follows: I have an autoupdate feature that grabs new
updates when they are available -- but in many cases a regular user is
at the machine and cannot update the software because they do not have
write permissions to the program directory.

So, within the setup project, at post install time, I want to alter
the permissions of the directory. Is this possible?

Nov 16 '05 #2

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