Configuration Properties
These properties refer to the configuration of the package:
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ACTION | Set to the initial action called after the installer is initialized. |
| ALLUSERS | Determines if the package is installed per-user or per-machine. Please see the Make the package install per-user or per-machine How-To for more details. |
| ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX | Set to the URL of the update channel for an application. |
| ARPCOMMENTS | Sets the comments showed in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPCONTACT | Sets the contact information showed in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPINSTALLLOCATION | Sets the installation path used by the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPNOMODIFY | Disables the "Change" option in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPNOREMOVE | Disables the "Remove" option in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPNOREPAIR | Disables the "Repair" option in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPPRODUCTICON | Specifies the icon of the installation package. |
| ARPREADME | Sets a ReadMe string for the application in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPSIZE | Sets the estimated size of the application in kilobytes in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT | Determines if the application is showed in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPURLINFOABOUT | Sets the URL of the application information in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| ARPURLUPDATEINFO | Sets the URL of the application updates in the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. |
| AVAILABLEFREEREG | Set to the registry space in kilobytes required by the application |
| CCP_DRIVE | Contains the root path for qualifying products for CCP |
| DefaultUIFont | Contains the default font style used by the installation dialogs controls. |
| DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS | Determines if the application shortcuts can be installed as advertised. |
| DISABLEMEDIA | Determines if media sources (CD/DVD-ROMs) can be registered as valid sources for the product installation. |
| DISABLEROLLBACK | Determines if the installation performs a rollback in case of a failure. |
| EXECUTEACTION | Specifies which action will be initiated by the ExecuteActionstandard action. |
| EXECUTEMODE | Determines the execution mode for the installation (if the installation affects the system or not) |
| FASTOEM | Improves installation performance under specific OEM scenarios when it is set. |
| INSTALLLEVEL | Sets the installation level (used to determine which features are installed). |
| LIMITUI | Determines if the installation runs with full or basic UI. |
| LOGACTION | Contains the names of the standard actions which will be logged. |
| MEDIAPACKAGEPATH | Set to the relative path of the MSI if it's not located at the root of the CD-ROM. |
| MSIARPSETTINGSIDENTIFIER | Contains a semi-colon delimited list of the registry locations where the application stores a user's settings and preferences. |
| MSIDISABLEEEUI | Disables the embedded UI (if it has one) used by the MSI. It is available only in Windows Installer 4.5 and later. |
| MSIFASTINSTALL | When set, this property makes the package perform a faster installation. It is available only in Windows Installer 5.0 and later. |
| MSIINSTALLPERUSER | When set, this property makes the package install only for the current user. It is available only in Windows Installer 5.0 and later. |
| MSINODISABLEMEDIA | Determines if the DISABLEMEDIA property can be set or not. |
| MSIENFORCEUPGRADECOMPONENTRULES | When set, this property makes the package apply the upgrade component rules during small updates and minor upgrades. |
| MSIUNINSTALLSUPERSEDEDCOMPONENTS | When set, this property makes the package unregister and uninstall redundant components to prevent leaving behind orphan components on the computer. It is available only in Windows Installer 4.5 and later. |
| PRIMARYFOLDER | Specifies the path of the primary installation folder (used for disk costing). |
| Privileged | Set when the installation runs with Administrator privileges. |
| PROMPTROLLBACKCOST | Specifies the action taken when there is insufficient disk space for the installation. |
| REBOOT | Determines the reboot behavior of the installation. |
| REBOOTPROMPT | Suppresses the reboot prompts triggered by the installation. Any needed reboots are performed automatically. |
| ROOTDRIVE | Specifies the default drive for the destination directory of the installation. |
| SHORTFILENAMES | Determines if the install process will use short names. |
| TRANSFORMS | Contains a list of the transforms which will be applied to the MSI. |
| TRANSFORMSATSOURCE | Informs the installer that the transforms for a product reside at the source. |
| TRANSFORMSSECURE | Determines if the MSI transforms are cached locally in a location for which the user does not have write access. |
| MsiLogFileLocation | Contains the full path of the log file when the logging policy is set. |
| MsiLogging | Sets the default logging mode for the installation. |
| MSIUSEREALADMINDETECTION | When set, this property request that the installer use actual user information when setting the "AdminUser" property. |