Suggestion required for skipping a feature installation for basic MSI project
Ram
I have a Basic MSI project and have gathered all the files that needs
to be copied to the destination computer in a feature. I want the DLLs
and EXEs in that feature to be registered only for the current user
profile. The program needs no "administrator" access to run. So, I
want it to be installed/registered for the current user irrespective
of him/her being an admin.
I wrote a small program that registers the DLL and EXE for current
user and have made it be triggered using a custom action.
Since I do not want installshield to register any of the components
using the default installer registration I have deleted all other
actions that were originally present under the custom action list. Now
I have only one custom action and that triggers an exe file that
registers the DLL for me.
I do not know if this is the right way to do it.
Do you guys know a better way of doing it? One other alternative is to
skip the installation of the files present in the feature and trigger
the exe file after the files have been moved to the destination
computer. I am not sure how one can do this. So I am in need of your
advice.
Many thanks,
ram