Hi all, any news about installer without admin rights? For my it would be very handy because i use sometimes company pc without admin...
S pozdravom Ing. Michal Danko On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Владимир Георгиев via Therion < therion@speleo.sk> wrote: > I got your idea :) > That means making the installer non-admin only, so it will always install > the shortcuts and registry entries for the Current user only. And the > default suggested install location will be in the user's AppData folder, > not in Program files. > > The theoretical Therion user who shares a computer with another Therion > user will have to install their own copy :) > > Vlad > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Footleg via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> > wrote: > >> I have yet to meet a Therion user who knows another Therion user who they >> share a computer with. So I would be happy with install for Current user >> only. >> >> Footleg >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:15 PM Владимир Георгиев via Therion < >> therion@speleo.sk> wrote: >> >>> Yes, the location is flexible. I think it was that way in the old >>> installer too. >>> But there are also global Start menu shortcuts and registry entries that >>> go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. For those the installer needs admin rights. If >>> it doesn't have them, it comes down again to the All users vs Current user >>> problem. >>> >>> Vlad >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Footleg via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Usually a Windows application installer offers the option to install to >>>> a location of the users choosing. If this was done then users wanting to >>>> install without admin privileges could choose a location they have write >>>> permissions for. Otherwise users can choose to just click through 'Next' on >>>> each page to accept the default install under Program Files. >>>> >>>> Footleg >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:28 AM Bruce Mutton via Therion < >>>> therion@speleo.sk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is outside of my area of expertise, however: >>>>> >>>>> - No 1 seems dangerous, at the whim of future MS updates and there >>>>> are bound to be people with non-standard setups, or very old Windows >>>>> versions, any of which might break something that tries to be too >>>>> clever. >>>>> - No 2 is OK by me. >>>>> >>>>> I don’t think I would use a ‘non-installed’ version. The installer is >>>>> compact, quick, easy and has proved versatile and reliable over at least >>>>> 10 >>>>> years. I rely on file associations heavily, to tweak my system to make >>>>> Therion workflow ‘comfortable’. >>>>> >>>>> Bruce >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* Therion [mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk] *On Behalf Of *???????? >>>>> ???????? via Therion >>>>> *Sent:* Monday, 17 July 2017 7:55 PM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *To:* List for Therion users <therion@speleo.sk> >>>>> >>>>> *Cc:* Владимир Георгиев <vld.georg...@gmail.com> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Therion] Therion] Therion 5.4.1 Windows Installer >>>>> incomplete installs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> About the installer problems... >>>>> >>>>> Since I did the installer changes, here is that comes to mind: >>>>> 1) I could try to make it more intelligent and to detect if there is >>>>> an existing install location (all users or current user) and to install in >>>>> the same one without the "All/Current user" prompt. This will probably not >>>>> prevent all possible problems though. >>>>> >>>>> 2) Another solution would be to revert those changes and keep only the >>>>> "All users" option, which requires admin privileges. This is how the older >>>>> installers worked and always installed in Program Files. >>>>> >>>>> In addition to that, there could be a portable edition of Therion, >>>>> which is distributed as a ZIP file and the user would only need to extract >>>>> it in a folder. There would be no association to the TH, TH2 and THCONFIG >>>>> file extensions of course. Currently the code reads the install location >>>>> from the Win registry, but it could be made to search for files in the >>>>> current folder. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have an opinion on what would be most useful? >>>>> >>>>> Would you use the portable option, or the "Current user" installer? >>>>> >>>>> Vladimir >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Therion mailing list >>>>> Therion@speleo.sk >>>>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Therion mailing list >>>> Therion@speleo.sk >>>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Therion mailing list >>> Therion@speleo.sk >>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Therion mailing list >> Therion@speleo.sk >> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion@speleo.sk > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > >
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