"Dany C." <DanyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Our application is installed in the programs files directory and the
> application needs to write in this directory. However, if the current
> windows
> user has limited rights (not an administrator) the program will be fail
> because of insufficient rights.
>
> The application is deployed by an administrator through windows installer
> project. How can we create a custom action in a setup project to give the
> users group of the local computer the right to write in the application
> directory?
>
> Thanks,
>

"Phil Wilson" wrote:

> 1) That's not a setup question, it's a question about the APIs to use,
> usually the Lsaxxx set.
> 2) That really is a terrible idea. Your application design is wrong if it
> needs to write to the Programfiles folder and run as standard user, and
> giving all the users on the machine the right to create files in that folder
> is even more wrong.
> --
> Phil Wilson
> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
> "Dany C." <DanyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F36D7D04-1F0B-4C0F-9650-A44EFE8642B9@microsoft.com...
> > Our application is installed in the programs files directory and the
> > application needs to write in this directory. However, if the current
> > windows
> > user has limited rights (not an administrator) the program will be fail
> > because of insufficient rights.
> >
> > The application is deployed by an administrator through windows installer
> > project. How can we create a custom action in a setup project to give the
> > users group of the local computer the right to write in the application
> > directory?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
>