For Windows that would indeed be nice to not need admin rights to install hugin, it would even be nicer to just be able to unzip it somewhere and start using it at once, without any installing needed.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:08, Bart van Andel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Upon installation, Hugin registers its file type (.pto). I found > references in 3 places: > - hkey_classes_root > - hkey_local_machine\software\classes > - hkey_current_user\software\classes > > The first and the second are system-wide and thus require elevation or > administrative rights to add/modify. The last option does not require > this. Why are the references found in 3 places? > > Besides the file type registration, Hugin stores its settings in > hkey_current_user\software\hugin. This does not require special > rights, but prevents Hugin to run entirely portable (e.g., without > leaving traces or even depending on registry-based settings). > > If the settings could be moved to a .ini-file, and file associations > are abandoned, I guess Hugin could run from a stick. This could be > added as an option during installing for versions to come, but > currently, it does not work like that unfortunately. > > -- > Bart > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
