AppId Element - Windows Installer XML Documentation

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

AppId Table, Registry Table

Component, File, Fragment, Module, Product, TypeLib

None

Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)

Class (min: 0, max: unbounded)

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	Guid	Set this value to the AppID GUID that corresponds to the named executable.	Yes
ActivateAtStorage	YesNoType	Set this value to 'yes' to configure the client to activate on the same system as persistent storage.
Advertise	YesNoType	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.
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	YesNoType	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.

When being used in unadvertised mode, the attributes in the AppId element correspond to registry keys as follows (values that can be specified in authoring are in bold):

Id

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]

ActivateAtStorage

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
ActivateAtStorage="ActivateAtStorage"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
ActivateAtStorage="Y"

Description

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
@="Description"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
@="My AppId Description"

DllSurrogate

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
DllSurrogate="DllSurrogate"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
DllSurrogate="C:\surrogate.exe"

LocalService

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
LocalService="LocalService"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
LocalService="MyServiceName"

RemoteServerName

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
RemoteServerName="RemoteServerName"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
RemoteServerName="MyRemoteServer"

RunAsInteractiveUser

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
RunAs="RunAsInteractiveUser"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
RunAs="Interactive User"

ServiceParameters

In General: [HKCR\AppID\{Id}]
ServiceParameters="ServiceParameters"
Specific Example: [HKCR\AppID\{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}]
ServiceParameters="-param"

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