Re: [Jabref-users] win32 installer and Vista UAC

[<uwe...@we...>]

pandion schrieb:

> [Problem 1: Installer]
> No system administrator wants his/her users to install applications 
> without admin privileges. So there was no complaint whatsoever, that the 
> installer needed admin privleges.

There were complaints. There is no need to force users not to use JabRef. When you install JabRef as 
users you can only set user registry variables. And Windows provides this feature exactly for that 
purpose!

 > The installation without admin
> privileges goes to the .../AppData/Roaming folder of a specific profile.

This is correct as this is the default install folder for user installations, this is set as default 
by Windows. You can choose another directory if you like.

> Please, think about all those admins out there that have to administer 
> extensive Windows environments! When users are capable of installing 
> applications into their profile folders this causes hours and hours of 
> additional work because this is just not tolerable in large environments!

This is not true. Every users is allowed to write into his user folders, that's what they are for. 
As I said, users cannot set system wide settings, so all settings they can make only applies to 
their account, other users on the computer don't see any difference.

> [Problem 2: Executable]
> The executable itself, which was why this thread was started in the 
> first place, still needs admin privleges to run (meaning: causes an UAC 
> prompt) after you installed JabRef with admin privileges.

You mean the JabRef.exe? This has not yet been touched because I have not the latest source code. 
Christopher will send me the sources and I'll correct also for this application the UAC setting..

> I did not and will not test the JabRef executable after an installation 
> without admin privileges into an .../AppData/Roaming profile folder. 
> This makes my skin crawl.

Then install it as admin.
But anyway, before you shout again, please argue what exactly is incorrect with the user 
installation. I got so many requests for user install for my installer for the program LyX so this 
is really wanted, and other programs offer this, for example even such a complex program like MiKTeX.

regards Uwe