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wixwix3.5
harocool
harocool

Reputation: 41

Detect whether a specific user account exists during install

I'm using a wix installer which should be able to detect a specific windows user account during the installation. So when I try to install and if the user does not exist in that machine means it should not proceed further. Is it possible in wix?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 925

Answers (2)

caveman_dick
caveman_dick

Reputation: 6647

If you need to make sure that user exists, you could just use the util:User element to create the user as part of the install:

<util:User Id="UserToCheckOrCreate"
           Name="User123"
           Password="Pa55w0rd"
           CreateUser="yes"
           UpdateIfExists="yes"
           PasswordNeverExpires="yes"
           PasswordExpired="no"
           RemoveOnUninstall="yes" />

Upvotes: 1

ajay_whiz
ajay_whiz

Reputation: 17941

You'll have to create a custom action which to checks for the user, if found set a property. Make this custom action run before LaunchConditions e.g. <Custom Action="Your_CA" Before="LaunchConditions" /> and in the Launch Conditions check for that property.

Upvotes: 2

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