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AppId element

Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. If this element is nested under a Fragment, Module, or Package element, it must be advertised.

Windows Installer references​

AppId Table, Registry Table

Parents​

Package, Module, Fragment, File, TypeLib, Component

Children​

Remarks​

When being used in unadvertised mode, the attributes in the AppId element correspond to registry values under the [HKCR\AppID\{Id}] key, as follows:

  • Id: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]
  • ActivateAtStorage: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/ActivateAtStorage="Y"
  • Description: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/@="My AppId Description"
  • DllSurrogate: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/DllSurrogate="C:\surrogate.exe"
  • LocalService: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/LocalService="MyServiceName"
  • RemoteServerName: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/RemoteServerName="MyRemoteServer"
  • RunAsInteractiveUser: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/RunAs="Interactive User"
  • ServiceParameters: [HKCR\AppID`Id`]/ServiceParameters="-param"

Attributes​

ActivateAtStorage (YesNoTypeUnion) : Set this value to 'yes' to configure the client to activate on the same system as persistent storage.

Advertise (YesNoTypeUnion) : Set this value to 'yes' in order to create a normal AppId table row. Set this value to 'no' in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior).

Description (String) : Set this value to the description of the AppId. It can only be specified when the AppId is not being advertised.

DllSurrogate (String) : Set this value to specify that the class is a DLL that is to be activated in a surrogate EXE process, and the surrogate process to be used is the path of a surrogate EXE file specified by the value.

Id (Guid, required) : Set this value to the AppID GUID that corresponds to the named executable.

LocalService (String) : Set this value to the name of a service to allow the object to be installed as a Win32 service.

RemoteServerName (String) : Set this value to the name of the remote server to configure the client to request the object be run at a particular machine whenever an activation function is called for which a COSERVERINFO structure is not specified.

RunAsInteractiveUser (YesNoTypeUnion) : Set this value to 'yes' to configure a class to run under the identity of the user currently logged on and connected to the interactive desktop when activated by a remote client without being written as a Win32 service.

ServiceParameters (String) : Set this value to the parameters to be passed to a LocalService on invocation.

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