Opened 18 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
#121 closed Defect (fixed)
Both 32-bit and 64-bit BOINC Windows Installation packages require bootstrap loader.
| Reported by: | romw | Owned by: | romw |
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| Priority: | Blocker | Milestone: | 5.10 |
| Component: | Client - Setup | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
Both installers need a bootstrap loader to preform the following functions:
- Uncompress the MSI file
- Copy uncompressed MSI file to "%SystemRoot?%\Downloaded Installations"
- Trigger the Windows Vista UAC dialog for administrative previliages.
Without the bootstrap loader the following bad things happen:
- Uninstall will fail if the user has deleted the MSI file from the original launch point.
- Service mode installs will fail since the attempting to grant 'execute as a service' right doesn't trigger the Vista UAC dialog.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by
| Status: | new → assigned |
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comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by
comment:3 Changed 18 years ago by
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
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WiX includes a bootstrapper stub (setup.exe) and setupbld which packages an msi in a stub.
I think the standard stub does everything we need. It caches the msi, and Vista installer detection will trigger the UAC dialog anyway.