how to disable auto repair of msi when shortcut clicked

[MJB]

I'm using Visual Studio 2005 and I have built an msi using the built in
setup project. My application installs fine, but on install the
application itself runs a few configuration scripts which alter the
original contents of the directory. The next time you start the
application by clicking the shortcut the MSI automatically tries to
repair/restore the install back to the out of the box configuration.
Any idea how to turn this feature off?

TIA,
Matt

[Phil Wilson]

You can never fully turn this feature off because it's built into the MSI
behavior. Unfortunately a lot of installation designs are unaware of this
behavior. You can get close by editing the MSI file with Orca from the
Windows SDK - add the property DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS (case sensitive) to the
Property table with a value of 1 - but if Windows does a repair for some
other reason than a shortcut or the user does a Repair you'll get the same
repair going on.
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

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I'm using Visual Studio 2005 and I have built an msi using the built in
setup project. My application installs fine, but on install the
application itself runs a few configuration scripts which alter the
original contents of the directory. The next time you start the
application by clicking the shortcut the MSI automatically tries to
repair/restore the install back to the out of the box configuration. Any
idea how to turn this feature off?

TIA,
Matt

[MJB]

Thanks Phil I'll give it a try.

Phil Wilson wrote:

You can never fully turn this feature off because it's built into the MSI
behavior. Unfortunately a lot of installation designs are unaware of this
behavior. You can get close by editing the MSI file with Orca from the
Windows SDK - add the property DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS (case sensitive) to the
Property table with a value of 1 - but if Windows does a repair for some
other reason than a shortcut or the user does a Repair you'll get the same
repair going on.