Giving permission to a folder in programdata using Wix

Question

I have created a folder in ProgramData. Now, I want to give full permission to everyone. How do I do that using WiX?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4272406/wix-how-to-set-permissions-for-folder-and-all-sub-folders or this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2149822/how-to-set-folder-permissions-on-install-in-a-localizable-fashion — Bogdan Mitrache, Jan 17 '14 at 06:22

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '14 at 13:09

Under <Product> you can enter:

   <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
      <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
        <Directory Id="CommonAppXXXX" Name="XXXFolderName">
            <Component Id="CreateProgramDataZZZ" Guid="ABC-ETC">
              <CreateFolder>
                <util:PermissionEx User="Users" Domain="[MachineName]" GenericAll="yes" />
              </CreateFolder>
            </Component>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </DirectoryRef>

And reference the component in your feature.

what's the `util` namespace defined as? – Chuck Savage Jun 15 '17 at 20:26 — Chuck Savage, Jun 15 '17 at 20:26

Giving permission to a folder in programdata using Wix

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