Hi Dave, 1. Installer is not signed in yet and you have already mentioned it. 2. Findings in *Install for me only(recommended)* option in case of Admin User:
Pgadmin4 installing in the following location: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v5 No issue found so far with this scenario 3. Findings in *Install for all users* option with Admin user: Pgadmin4 installing in the following location: C:\Program Files\pgAdmin 4\v5 No issue found so far with this scenario 4. Findings in *Install for me only(recommended)* option in case of non Admin User with double: Pgadmin4 installing in the following location: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v5 No issue found so far with this scenario 5. Findings in *Install for all users* option with Non admin user: Pgadmin4 installing in the following location: C:\Program Files\pgAdmin 4\v5 No issue found so far with this scenario 6. Findings in *Install for me only(recommended)* option, in case user change the installation directory with non admin user: Login to admin user Pgadmin4 installing in the following location: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v5 But I changed the installation directory before the installation: C:\Users\rayyan\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v5 Menu item of pgadmin created under Administrator account while the installation is available in C:\Users\rayyan\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v5 I can launch the pgadmin4 under an admin account successfully and in case a non-admin menu item of pgadmin is not present, but I can launch with the pgadmin4 script successfully. 7. I tested pgadmin on clean machine and no issue found 8. I also tested pgadmin4 if existing vcredist and vm tool is already available, no issue found On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 1:29 PM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: > Hi > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 9:25 PM Antoine Aumjaud <antoine_...@aumjaud.fr> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> The actual configuration of *Inno Setup* for the installation of >> *pgAdmin4* requires admin privileges on the computer : >> >> >> https://github.com/postgres/pgadmin4/blob/master/pkg/win32/installer.iss.in#L31 >> >> PrivilegesRequired=admin >> >> >> >> I have read the whole configuration, and I think that this constrain >> could be remove if HKCU (HKEY_CURENT_USER of Windows registry) is used >> instead of HKLM (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). >> >> >> >> The pgAdmin package provided by entreprisedb can be installed without >> admin rights, but it is an old version of pgAdmin. >> >> >> >> Do you think that this modification is possible? >> > I think it's a little more complex than that, but here's a patch that I > think does everything required. The only part I'm not sure about is the > VC++ runtime installation, and ensuring that will work for non-admins. > Fahar; can you test that on a *completely* clean installation of Windows > please? You must run the "install only for me" option before anything else > (don't even install VMware tools). > > There's a test build at > https://developer.pgadmin.org/~dpage/non-admin-install/pgadmin4-5.3-x64.exe. > Note that it is not signed, so you will get a warning, but that can be > ignored for the purposes of this test. > > -- > Dave Page > Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com > Twitter: @pgsnake > > EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com > > -- Fahar Abbas EnterpriseDB Corporation Phone Office: +92-51-835-8874 Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803 Mobile: +92-333-5409707 Skype ID: *live:fahar.abbas* Website: www.enterprisedb.com
