msi custom action dll does not have administrator right

My deployment requires installing a service, among other things, that I do in a custom action dll. However, it is failing because the dll does not have administrator rights, even though during Setup the user is prompted for and gives permission to run as an admin. Why doesn't the dll inherit the rights of MSI? InstallShield doesn't have this problem. -- Thanks, Robert Tonsing

It should - if you're prompted for admin. privilages, it should inherit to the DLL's. Having said that, MSI packages just refuse to install sometimes if you're not an admin.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Robert Tonsing" wrote in message

My deployment requires installing a service, among other things, that I do in a custom action dll. However, it is failing because the dll does not have administrator rights, even though during Setup the user is prompted for and gives permission to run as an admin. Why doesn't the dll inherit the rights of MSI? InstallShield doesn't have this problem. -- Thanks, Robert Tonsing

Actually, in http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/dynamic_link_libraries.asp, it states "The installer runs custom actions with user privileges by default in order to limit the access of custom actions to the system.".
What I need to find out is how to override or bypass this. -- Thanks, Robert Tonsing
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

It should - if you're prompted for admin. privilages, it should inherit to the DLL's. Having said that, MSI packages just refuse to install sometimes if you're not an admin.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Robert Tonsing" wrote in message My deployment requires installing a service, among other things, that I do in a custom action dll. However, it is failing because the dll does not have administrator rights, even though during Setup the user is prompted for and gives permission to run as an admin. Why doesn't the dll inherit the rights of MSI? InstallShield doesn't have this problem. -- Thanks, Robert Tonsing