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#9 Create an installer that does not need administrative rights

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2022-08-05
2014-01-17
Roger Erens
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Would be nice if the installer detected that a user does not have administrator rights, it would offer to install in %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local, like Chrome and Firefox do.

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  • kioto

    kioto - 2014-01-25

    I agree. Since VcXsrv does not need any additional things except the installed files to work, it would be great to have an non-administrative installer.

     
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  • Chris Peterson

    Chris Peterson - 2014-07-24

    Agreed. I installed with run-as-administrator several times from regular user account and their were no desktop icons or menu entries. I then logged in as administrator and installed. There were no desktop icons created, but menu entries existed. I then logged back in as regular user and the menu items were gone.

     
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  • Hans Deragon

    Hans Deragon - 2022-08-05

    As time goes on, more and more corporation remove admin rights to users for security reasons. A portable version is more needed than never.

     

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