[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #922: GRASS installer can not install unser "program files" (Windows7 only)

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#922: GRASS installer can not install unser "program files" (Windows7 only)
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  Reporter:  naokiueda     |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Installation  |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  wingrass, WIndows7       
  Platform:  MSWindows 7   |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by hellik):

 Replying to [comment:15 neteler]:
 > Replying to [comment:14 hellik]:
 > > Replying to [comment:13 cristn]:
 > > > Replying to [comment:10 hellik]:
 > > > > Replying to [comment:9 cristn]:
 > > > > > Replying to [comment:7 hellik]:
 > ...
 > > > > is the installer working (means installing in c:\Program Files)
 for you with mouse right click and "run as administrator"?
 > > >
 > > > It works like this and no longer skips files when installing.
 > > > Great (but not obvious...)
 > > >
 > > > Cris
 > >
 > > so can we close the ticket?
 >
 > Could anything be done to make this more obvious on Windows7? I expect
 that
 > the majority of users won't have the idea to use the right mouse button
 etc.
 >
 > Markus

 IMHO "right click and ''run as administrator''" for installing a software
 in WinVista/Win7 is the "normal" way to install software on the Windows-
 box (i have to do this on all WinVista/Win7-out-of-the-box-machines, that
 i know, and for all kind of softwares (opensource and proprietary) and
 often noted in README-files etc. for the software).

 OTOH there would be an option for the NSIS-installer to request the user
 if he really wants to install in "c:\Program Files\", but AFAIK there's no
 option to install a software in WinVista/Win7 in a "protected" folder like
 "c:\Program Files\" without a user interaction, as long as you tweak your
 Windows-installation.

 Helmut

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