How can I launch an application as administrator after a WiX MSI has completed?

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How can I launch an application with administrator rights after I have completed an installation using a WiX-based MSI?

I can launch the application just fine on Windows XP, but with Windows 7, it's an issue.

The application has a manifest embedded in it that says it should run as administrator and I've changed the impersonate attribute in the Custom Action to "no". I can't change the execute attribute to deferred, as this only works before the InstallFinalize action, and I need it after the user has clicked Finish in the MSI.

This is my custom action:

<CustomAction Id="LaunchApp" FileKey="App" ExeCommand="[Command Line Args]" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="no" Return="asyncNoWait" />

This is effectively a duplicate of Executing a custom action that requires elevation after install so look into WixShellExec. — Michael Urman
– Michael Urman, Commented Mar 3, 2010 at 14:15

Ray Dey · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-04 10:28:01Z

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I couldn't use WixShellExec as I needed to pass in command line arguments if certain conditions were true. So I just created a custom action that launched the exe through cmd prompt. Hacky, but a viable workaround and it works without a hitch.

answered Mar 4, 2010 at 10:28

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Michael Urman Over a year ago

Huh, I hadn't used it so didn't realize WixShellExec didn't handle arguments. How odd! Well you can always create your own C++ DLL custom action which calls ShellExecute...

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