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#634 Installer doesn't run as administrator on Vista

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2012-11-08
2008-01-01
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The JabRef installer 2.3.1 doesn't run as administrator, so it doesn't install into "C:\Program Files\JabRef" and instead attempts to install in e.g.

"C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\JabRef 2.3.1"

Version: jabref 2.3.1 November 29, 2007

Workaround: Right-click JabRef-2.3.1-Setup.exe and select "Run as administrator". This will then allow it to install correctly in "C:\Program Files\JabRef"

(Previously both the installer and executable triggered UAC, but the executable is fixed OK - see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=600306&aid=1841602&group_id=92314.
But now the installer doesn't trigger UAC even though it probably should.)

NB: It is possible that this is desired behaviour to allow a non-administrator to install JabRef, but if this is the case the installation documentation should probably instruct administrators to run the installer as administrator to get the standard installation behaviour.

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