How to prevent “This program might not have installed correctly” messages on Vista

Question

I have a product setup executable that copies some files to the user\'s hard drive. It\'s not a typical installer in the normal sense (it doesn\'t add anything to the Start

Answer 1

The first thing you should try is to add a "Vista manifest" with requestedExecutionLevel

If that is not enough (Clicking cancel on uninstall with UAC off etc) you need to use undocumented stuff like setting the image version field in the PE header to 6.0