Permission Element

Description

Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. When under a Registry element, this cannot be used if the Action attribute's value is remove or removeKeyOnInstall. This element has no Id attribute. The table and key are taken from the parent element.

Windows Installer references

LockPermissions Table

Parents

CreateFolder, File, Registry, RegistryKey, RegistryValue

Inner Text

None

Children

None

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Append	YesNoType
ChangePermission	YesNoType
CreateChild	YesNoType	For a directory, the right to create a subdirectory. Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.
CreateFile	YesNoType	For a directory, the right to create a file in the directory. Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.
CreateLink	YesNoType
CreateSubkeys	YesNoType
Delete	YesNoType
DeleteChild	YesNoType	For a directory, the right to delete a directory and all the files it contains, including read-only files. Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.
Domain	String
EnumerateSubkeys	YesNoType
Execute	YesNoType
FileAllRights	YesNoType	Bit mask for FILE_ALL_ACCESS from WinNT.h (0x001F01FF).
GenericAll	YesNoType
GenericExecute	YesNoType
GenericRead	YesNoType	specifying this will fail to grant read access
GenericWrite	YesNoType
Notify	YesNoType
Read	YesNoType
ReadAttributes	YesNoType
ReadExtendedAttributes	YesNoType
ReadPermission	YesNoType
SpecificRightsAll	YesNoType	Bit mask for SPECIFIC_RIGHTS_ALL from WinNT.h (0x0000FFFF).
Synchronize	YesNoType
TakeOwnership	YesNoType
Traverse	YesNoType	For a directory, the right to traverse the directory. By default, users are assigned the BYPASS_TRAVERSE_CHECKING privilege, which ignores the FILE_TRAVERSE access right. Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.
User	String		Yes
Write	YesNoType
WriteAttributes	YesNoType
WriteExtendedAttributes	YesNoType

See Also

Wix Schema