Launching the installed application from setup.msi

[Marzi]

I have a setup.msi that installs an exe and includes a
shortcut in the startup folder to run the application
when the machine gets rebooted. What settings and how
should I change the setup.msi that as soon as the install
is done, the installed app gets started without the need
to reboot?

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

Hi Marzi,
As was posted elsewhere, one shouldn't run this on a production machine. It
is neither designed nor intended at this time for an Enterprise deployment,
or for deployment in an Enterprise.

Additional info on what may happen in an Enterprise situation can be found
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;892375

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

 

[Guest]

What and how do I need to implement the setup.msi to
prompt the user to reboot then?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

This group probably cannot answer this question. This is an application
development question about how the Windows Installer works. You need to ask
in a group oriented to development questions and related to the Windows
Installer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d..._sources_of_windows_installer_information.asp

may point you in the right direction, however, when I clicked on the link
for a developer oriented group, it just llead to the whole list of MSDN
related groups, not a particular group for Installer questions, and I didn't
have the patience to dig down and see whether there really is one there.
I'll send them feedback about that issue, though!