2016-11-26 0:55 GMT+05:00 Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com>:

>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:38:31AM -0500, Selva Nair wrote:
>> > Even if the GUI cjecks HKLM and HKCU, toggling the option will not work
>> as
>> > the GUI cannot reset HKLM values. We do not want to be requiring admin
>> > rights to run the GUI and that option becomes "readonly" for the user if
>> > startup is set in HKLM.
>>
>> How do other packagages handle "this is the system default, but users
>> can change their own setting"?  (So the admin could say "I want this
>> started
>> by default, for all users" and individual users can uncheck this "leave
>> me alone!")
>>
>> Just thinking aloud, no idea how much effort this is, and whether it's
>> a useful consideration in the first place.
>>
>>
> I have posted a PR (https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build/pull/55) using
> an active-setup registry entry to do this. It will automatically add the
> required HKCU entry when the user logs-in. As this happens early in the
> login process (before startup registry key is evaluated) the GUI will
> startup even on the first login.
>
> Should works also for new users, and the user can change override it using
> the option in GUI settings menu. Changes to the nsis file is minor too.
>

good.

except for minor issue with not removing HKCU key on uninstall (however, it
is not removed without that patch too)


>
> Selva
>
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