VMware THINAPP 4.6 - Msirequireelevatedprivileges; Msiupgradecode; Msistreaming

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Chapter 5 Configuring Package Parameters
MSIRequireElevatedPrivileges
TheMSIRequireElevatedPrivilegesparameterappliestoWindowsVistaandspecifieselevatedprivilege
requirementsfortheMSIdatabase.
MostuserswhologintoWindowsVistahaverestrictedprivileges.ToinstallMSIpackagesforalluserswho
musthaveshortcutsandfiletypeassociations,theusersmusthaveelevatedprivileges.
ThinAppsetsaninitial
valueoftheMSIRequireElevatedPrivilegesparameterthatmarkstheMSI
databaseasrequiringelevatedprivileges.IfyoursystemissetupforUACprompts,aUACpromptappears
whenyouinstallanapplication.
TheparameterworksonlywhentheMSIFilenameparameterrequeststhegenerationofaWindowsInstaller
database.
Examples
YoucanmodifytheMSIRequireElevatedPrivilegesparametertoblocktheUACpromptandthe
installationacrossallcomputers.
[BuildOptions]
MSIFilename=<my_msi>.msi
MSIRequireElevatedPrivileges=0
MSIUpgradeCode
TheMSIUpgradeCodeparameterspecifiesacodefortheMSIdatabasethatfacilitatesupdates.Whentwo
packages,suchastheversion1.0packageandtheversion2.0package,havethesameupgradecode,theMSI
installerdetectsthislink,uninstallstheearlierpackage,andinstallstheupdatedpackage.
Thecaptureprocessgenerates
arandomupgradecodebasedontheinventoryname.ToensurethattheMSI
databaseversionshavethesameupgradecode,keepthesameinventorynameacrossversionsoftheMSI
wrapper.Forinformationabouttheinventoryname,see“InventoryName”onpage 100.
TheparameterworksonlywhentheMSIFilenameparameterrequests
thegenerationofaWindowsInstaller
database.
DonotmodifytheUpgradeCodevalueunlessthenewvalueisavalidGUID.
Examples
ThecaptureprocesscancreateanMSIfilewithD89F1994‐A24B‐3E11‐0C94‐7FD1E13AB93Fastheupgrade
code.
[BuildOptions]
MSIFilename=mymsi.msi
MSIUpgradeCode={D89F1994-A24B-3E11-0C94-7FD1E13AB93F}
MSIStreaming
TheMSIStreamingparameterdeterminestheuseof.cabfilesthatcanaffectapplicationperformance.
ThinAppsetsaninitialvaluethatcompressesthepackagefilesina.cabfileandmakesiteasiertomovethe
file.The .cabfileisintheMSIfile.
Examples
YoucanmodifytheMSIStreamingparametertoavoida.cabfilewhenitslowsdowntheinstallationprocess
forapplications.YoucandistributetheMSIfileandindividualexecutablefilesinthe/bindirectorytoinstall
theapplication.
[BuildOptions]
MSIStreaming=1