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From: Thomas C. <tc...@ya...> - 2003-10-05 14:36:48
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nice, thanks.
the link wasn't on the webpage and i didn't think
about
looking at what other files were available in the
download directory...
thomas
--- Christian List <lis...@ho...> wrote:
> >
> > it seems like winmerge can not actually be
> installed
> > by non administrator users.
> > is it in fact the case, is it planned?
> >
>
> It depends on what you downloaded?
>
> To install WinMergeSetup20.exe, you do indeed need
> to be administrator
> because it tries to update some system files.
> But those system files only needs updating on older
> Windows versions, so if
> you run on a fairly new Windows version (I think
> Windows 98 or Windows 2000
> or newer should do it), you may want to try
> WinMerge20-exe.zip instead.
>
> To install WinMerge20-exe.zip you don't need to be
> administrator, but you
> need to have some tool to unzip the file (most
> people use WinZip, but there
> are a lot to chose from). Then you just unzip it to
> where you want it
> installed and you are ready to go, if you want
> shortcuts in your start menu
> or other places, you have to make them yourself.
>
> Regards
> Christian
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