vista installer detection

runreason
3rd August 2007 19:28 UTC

vista installer detection
Hi, I have been struggling (to no avail) to find a way to get around Vista's Installer detection (without modifying local computer settings). The problem is that after the installer completes, it pops up a window saying "This Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly.". From what I read here: (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a)

this is because my installer doesn't add anything to the Add Remove Programs and thus Vista concludes that the installer failed (brilliant!).

Creating a manifest didn't help, get the same popup.

Does anybody know of a way to get around this or perhaps a way to trick vista into not detecting the installer?

thanks!
Mark

kichik
3rd August 2007 19:30 UTC

The manifest is the only way to get around it as it disables the compatibility mode. Try it again with RequestExecutionLevel.

runreason
3rd August 2007 20:01 UTC

Hi Kickik, I'm still getting the problem. Here's the contents of manifest I'm using:

Executable: test.exe
Manifest:test.exe.manifest
Sample application manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
name="test.exe"
type="win32"/>
<description>CCT installer</description>

<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel
level="requireAdministrator"
uiAccess="true"/>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>

This is in a test.exe.manifest file residing in the same directory as the test.exe file. Am I doing something wrong?

thanks for your help!
Mark

kichik
3rd August 2007 20:42 UTC

The embedded manifest probably overrides it. Use RequestExecutionLevel in the script to add the Vista nodes to the embedded manifest.

runreason
3rd August 2007 21:50 UTC

thanks Kickik, do you know of a good way to inject a manifest file into an existing installer exe?

thanks,
Mark

kichik
3rd August 2007 21:56 UTC

You can use Resource Hacker to do that.

runreason
4th August 2007 00:23 UTC

thanks Kickik,

Using RequestExecutionLevel in my installer script worked perfectly!

-Mark