Christian Boos added the comment: `--user-access-control auto` doesn't work for me...
With Python 2.7.8 installed ''for all'' in "C:/Program Files (x86)/Python27", an installer built with `bdist_wininst --user-access-control auto` will *not* ask for permission elevation and will crash as described above. If I build the installer with `bdist_wininst --user-access-control force` it will ask for permission elevation and the install will proceed normally. Same behavior for the amd64 version of 2.7.8 installed in "C:/Program Files/Python27". However, one way or the other I think it would be annoying to ask for permission elevation when it's not actually needed, like when python is installed in the default "C:/Python27" location for example. So I think a better fix would be to simply *not crash* and fail saying elevated permissions are required. The user can then simply do a "Run as administrator" on the installer from the Windows explorer and things work as expected. ---------- nosy: +cboos _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16561> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
