Understanding User Management: A Comprehensive Guide on Users & Groups Pages

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
    * Product Information
    * Resources
    * Package Definition
    * Requirements
    * User Interface
    * System Changes
    * Environment Variables
    * Scheduled Tasks
    * Control Panel Applets
    * Game Explorer
    * Windows Firewall
    * Users and Groups
    * User Account Properties
    * Group Properties
    * User Browse Properties
    * COM
    * Server
    * Custom Behavior
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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Users and Groups Page

On this page you can set up the creation of new users and groups.

Create a new group

Setup the creation of a new group by using the [New Group ] toolbar button, selecting the “New Group” context menu option or by pressing the Insert key while the “Users and Groups” pane is focused.

Create a new user

Setup the creation of a new user account by using the [New User ] toolbar button, selecting the “New User” context menu option or by pressing the + key while the “Users and Groups” pane is focused.

Rename a user or group

Rename a user or group by using the “Rename” context menu option or by pressing the F2 key while an element is selected.

Browse users or groups

Add a new browse operation by using the [New Browse ] toolbar button or by selecting the “New Browse” context menu option while the “Users and Groups” pane is focused.

Removing a user account or group

Remove a user account from the list by using the[Remove ] toolbar button, selecting the “Remove” context menu option or by pressing the Del key while the desired element is selected.

Notes

If the user or group already exist on target computer the installation will fail. User account names are limited to 20 characters and group names are limited to 256 characters. In addition, account names cannot be terminated by a period and they cannot include commas or any of the following printable characters: “, /, \, [, ], :, |, <, >, +, =, ;, ?, *.

Both user and groups names can use Windows Installer Formatted Type . If you provide a formatted reference, the names will be resolved accordingly at install time. On the other hand, if the names you provide don’t have a formatted syntax, they will be validated according to the above notes.

Topics

• User Account Properties
  Setting user accounts properties in Advanced Installer.
• Group Properties
  Setting group properties in Advanced Installer.
• User Browse Properties
  Setting user browse properties in Advanced Installer.

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