Installer does not ask for admin rights under windows7 64bit when installing under Program Files (x86)

[rjpcomputing]

Installer does not ask for admin rights under windows7 64bit when installing under Program Files (x86)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thanks for the report, but I don't control this. I use a product called INNO 
setup and I figured it would do the asking. On other versions of Windows it is 
actually not required to be an admin. (I went through a pain staking process to 
make that work.) So just change your installation destination to a user 
directory and LfW should install just fine. I will update the version of INNO 
Setup to the latest to make sure that a bugs in the UAC department have been 
solved, but I can't test it because I don't have Windows 7.

Original comment by [email protected] on 17 Jun 2010 at 1:37

• Changed state: Started

[GoogleCodeExporter]

OK I updated to the latest version of INNO Setup. Please test and let me know 
if it changes anything. If not I am not sure what to do. I checked the settings 
and I think I have the correct settings selected so that you do require admin 
rights. Because truely you don't need them, you should just select a different 
install path. Please let me know what you find.

I am considering this issue closed if I don't hear from you in two weeks. 

Original comment by [email protected] on 17 Jun 2010 at 7:01

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hm, maybe I did not specify the issue clearly enough.

On my windows installation (Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit) you don't need admin 
rights either to install in a general directory; however, you need it in order 
to install in 'Program Files' (and 'Program Files (x86)' under 64 bit). This 
should be the same in Vista.

So if a user without admin rights starts the installation and uses the default 
directory given by the installer (which was in my case 'C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Lua\5.1'), one would expect the installer to handle this case gracefully 
(by asking for admin rights) and not to abort. 

I had a quick look at Inno (never used it myself), and the settings given here 
setting 
http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setup_privilegesrequired seem 
only to support admin rights (or not) for the whole installation process, not 
parts of it. A second-best solution would be a hint that users without admin 
rights should change the proposed directory next to the dialogue that prompts 
for the installation directory.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jun 2010 at 10:20

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I will think about updating the default install path, but for right now I have 
followed all the required steps to allowing the user to install on a 
non-administrator account.

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Jun 2011 at 2:08

• Changed state: WontFix