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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
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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
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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
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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
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