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Vista MSI - Run as Administrator

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  1. Sally301

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    Is there a way to run a Windows Vista MSI installer as Administrator? This is driving me crazy - I've been trying to install an .MSI installer to no avail. The installation will run smoothly until the very end, when I get an internal error and the installer crashes, and rolls back everything it did.

    I'm guessing this has to do with running the software as an administrator, so I've tried finding an EXE version of the installer, so I can right-click in the context menu and select "Run as administrator" - but no luck.

    I don't suppose there's a way to force MSI install files to run with administrator privileges?

    Posted 2 years ago #


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  3. Woofus

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    Hi Sally,

    Crazy timing with your question! I just asked the same question in another forum. Here's the working solution I found: Create a .reg file containing the following code, and run it:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\RunAs]
    @="Run as administrator"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\RunAs\command]
    @="msiexec /i \"%1\""

    Posted 2 years ago #

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