#986: WinGrass-Installer - Enhancement ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: hellik | Owner: [email protected] Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0 Component: Installation | Version: svn-develbranch6 Resolution: | Keywords: wingrass Platform: MSWindows Vista | Cpu: Unspecified ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Comment (by hellik):
Replying to [comment:4 hamish]: > Replying to [comment:3 hellik]: > > i would change ''RequestExecutionLevel user'' to > > ''RequestExecutionLevel admin'' for the installer set by > > the NSIS-script. > > would it still be possible to install to your home directory in that case? ie can you say no to the request and still manage to install it? > > > thanks, > Hamish with ''RequestExecutionLevel admin'' by '''double click''' (no right click) on the Win-installer a Windows-message-box asks you if you want continue or not and, if you continue, you are granted admin rights to install in c:\Program Files\ or whereever you want. with ''RequestExecutionLevel user'' you have to '''right click''' and ''run as admin'', then the same Windows-message-box described above pops up and, if you continue, you are granted admin rights to install in c:\Program Files\ or whereever you want. with ''RequestExecutionLevel user'' and '''only double click''', you can continue with the installer, but installing and extracting files in c:\Program Files\ fails on the most WinVista/Win7-boxes, also creating desktop shortcuts etc may fail. installing in c:\ may be possible, depends on what rights the sysadmin gives to you. installing in other drives like d:\ etc may be possible. installing in your windows-home-directory should be possible. so there are a lot of different options of granting installations rights in the windows world, AFAIK there have to be at least one user interaction to get installation rights in c:\Program Files\. IMHO interaction with ''RequestExecutionLevel admin'' and '''double click''' for starting the installer should be the easiest one. with ''RequestExecutionLevel user'' and '''right click''', there should be anywhere an information about this (installation-README, installer-pop up with a message about this, ...). Helmut -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/986#comment:5> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org>
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