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Reputation: 22327

How to remove "Will be installed to run from network" installation options from MSI when using WiX?

Bear with me, I'm just trying to learn WiX. I'm curious how to remove the following network installation options from this popup menu (circled in red)?

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EDIT: As requested below, here's the Feature node:

<Feature Id='Complete' Title='Product title' Description='The complete package.'
  Display='expand' Level='1' ConfigurableDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Absent='disallow' AllowAdvertise='no' >

  <Feature Id='MainProgram' Title='Program files'
           Description='Installs the main executable files for the software.'
           Absent='disallow'
           AllowAdvertise='no'
           Level='1'>
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDFile1EXE' />
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDFile2EXE' />
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDFile3EXE' />
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDFile1DLL' />
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDFile2DLL' />

    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDMainRegistry' />
    <ComponentRef Id='ProgramMenuDir' />
  </Feature>

  <Feature Id='ShortcutsStart' Title='Start Menu Shortcuts'
           AllowAdvertise='no'
           Description="Places software shortcuts into the Windows Start Menu."
           Level='1'>
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDShortcutsStart' />
  </Feature>

  <Feature Id='ShortcutsDesktop' Title='Desktop Shortcut'
           AllowAdvertise='no'
           Description="Places software shortcut onto the users' desktops."
           Level='1000'>
    <ComponentRef Id='CompIDShortcutsDesktop' />
  </Feature>

</Feature>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 685

Answers (2)

Bj&#248;rn Fuglsang
Bj&#248;rn Fuglsang

Reputation: 11

For features that do not directly contain ComponentRef or ComponentGroupRef, you just create a dummy component inside that feature with a Location="local" attribute. This will get rid of the "run from network" options. Example:

<Feature Id='Complete' Title='Product title' Description='The complete package.'  Display='expand' Level='1' ConfigurableDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Absent='disallow' AllowAdvertise='no' >
   <!-- Dummy component to get rid of the "run from network" option  -->
   <Component Id="CompleteDummyComponent" Location="local" Directory="TARGETDIR" Guid="GUID_HERE_PLEASE" />

<!-- sub features here -->
</Feature>

Upvotes: 1

PhilDW
PhilDW

Reputation: 20790

You should show your WiX source being used for the Feature elements. It's most likely a combination of the InstallDefault setting (which you probably want to be "local") and AllowAdvertise (and set it to "no").

Upvotes: 1

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