Launch InstallAnywhere Without a UAC prompt

Title

Summary

How to bypass a dialog that states "Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?"

Synopsis

When launching the InstallAnywhere Advanced Designer, a UAC prompt will be seen: Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?

This article provides a way in which this dialog can be bypassed.

Discussion

The InstallAnywhere launcher will attempt to elevate to run as an administrator when running on Windows Vista and newer Operating Systems. While this will eliminate potential permissions issues, it is not strictly necessary. The UAC prompt can be eliminated, so that IA will run as the user invoking InstallAnywhere. To do this, a new launcher must be created to launch InstallAnywhere. To create this new launcher, perform the following steps:

1. In the directory <IA home>\resource\launchanywheres\windows, a file named lax_gui_invoker.exe can be found. Copy this file to the <IA home> directory. This will be the same location as InstallAnywhere.exe is located.

2. Rename the copied file lax_gui_invoker.exe to "iainvoker.exe"

3. In the <IA home> folder, copy the file InstallAnywhere.lax, rename the copy to "iainvoker.lax"

4. After performing the above steps, launch InstallAnywhere using iainvoker.exe. There will no longer be a UAC prompt to elevate.

Note: The file names listed above do not need to be "iainvoker". Any meaningful name can be used. The important thing to note is that the .exe has to have the same name as the .lax file.

Was this helpful?

Support Hub

Product

InstallAnywhere

Visibility

Guest

URL Name

launch-installanywhere-without-a-uac-prompt

Are you sure you want to cancel the case creation?

Case closed successfully

Action performed successfully

Upload Attachment

Maximum file size allowed is 3 MB.

File type not supported.

Supported file types:

Documents (.txt, .doc, .docx, .pdf), Images (.jpg, .png), Comma Separated Files (.csv) Speadsheets (.xlsx, .xls)

Are you sure you want to close this case

Get Hotline support

Products	Region	Phone Numbers
FlexNet Operations FlexNet Embedded FlexNet Publisher FlexNet Connect FlexNet Code Insight InstallAnywhere InstallShield	North America *	+1 630-332-2513 (toll) +1 877-279-2853 (toll-free in North America)
	Europe *	+44 1925 944367 (toll) +44 800 047 8642 (toll-free in Europe)
	Japan *	+81 3-4540-5335 (select option 2)
	Australia *	+61 3 9895 2177 +61 1800 560 603 (toll-free in Australia)
Usage Intelligence (formerly Revulytics) Compliance Intelligence	Please use the Case Portal to submit your support ticket or reach out to your Revenera contact.

Summary

Synopsis

Discussion

Related Articles

Please wait...

Case id: 00001065