Software Deployment

Radia uses the local System account for deployment.

To populate the actual logged-in user's registry, you'll need to use either Active Setup or, if the package is in MSI format (or maybe an EXE which extracts and executes an MSI), add a new user-level feature as a parent of an existing feature which contains an advertised entry-point (e.g. an advertised shortcut) and use self-healing to populate the registry keys.

EDIT:
This forum deals with errors returned by the Windows Installer engine (see the link 'MSI Errors' for details) and not problems with packaging. You ought to have posted in the 'Package Development' forum.

Thanks for the reply. If I need to use Active setup wont I need the Product code or GUID. In radia, when re-packaging, we dont get our MSI. It creates a MSI and deploys directly unlike SCCM,so how can I get a GUID for it.
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I am all new to the Forum so sorry to have posted in wrong location. And I'm new to Packaging too.
I tried using this active setup too, please let me know If i am wrong in the script, I tried giving the app name for the GUID. This does not work either.
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Dim Count
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strGUID="ASAP Utilities"
strVersion="1,0,0,1"
strComputer ="."

strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v InstallPath /t REG_SZ /d C:\Program Files\ASAP Utilities\"
AddKey strHKCUkey

strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v lNumberedMenuItems /t REG_SZ /d "
AddKey strHKCUkey

strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v lAutoSetupDone /t REG_SZ /d "
AddKey strHKCUkey

strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v CustomMenuPath /t REG_SZ /d ^%USERPROFILE%^\Application Data\ASAP Utilities\"
AddKey strHKCUkey

strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v sInstallPath /t REG_SZ /d C:\Program Files\ASAP Utilities"
AddKey strHKCUkey
strHKCUkey="REG ADD HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\ASAP Utilities\setup\MyActiveSetup /v name /t REG_SZ /d "
AddKey strHKCUkey

wscript.quit



sub AddKey(strHKCUkey)

count = count + 1
strGUIDx=strGUID&count

Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\"&strComputer&"\root\default:StdRegProv")

strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\"&strGUIDx
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath

strValueName = ""
strValue = strDefault
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

strValueName = "StubPath"
strValue = strHKCUkey
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

strValueName = "Version"
strValue = strVersion
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

strValueName = "ComponentID"
strValue = "MyActiveSetup"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

end sub
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Thanks in advance.

I'm new to Packaging tooClearly (no offence intended!)

I'm afraid I don't have time to give you a step-by-step tutorial. Before you do anything else, read and digest Phil Wilson's The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer. Then read up on Active Setup (AS) and how it works.

For user profile stuff, I prefer self-healing because it's not a one-off hit, unlike AS, but it is a little more complex to get your head round.

Thanks a lot for your reply. This seems to be User specific, tried all possible scripts, I keep getting that error. The custom path varies for each user. It asks if you want to update, If I say ok. It then gives the registered version, and opening the app the next time gives the error again.. Will definetely read Phil Wilson's The Definitive Guide..

Thanks!!