scott wrote:

>> The change in the install directory under windows is because, under 
>> Vista, programms are NOT allowed to alter any file in the programm 
>> files folder. POV-Ray need to change one of it's .ini files.
> 
> Would it work if you just put the .ini file in the user space, and not 
> the whole program?  A lot of other programs seem to keep their data in 
> the user space.

There's a bit of confusion of two issues here:

1. Administrator privileges are required to install POV-Ray under
    "Program Files" in the first place. The option (currently default,
    unfortunately) to install privately under "Documents" is just to
    allow installation w/o administrator privileges.

2. Administrator privileges are required to modify files under
    "Program Files". In order to run POV-Ray as a normal user, all
    files which are modified during normal operation must reside
    under documents. This concerns both INI files and scene files
    (renders write output images, #write, photon maps, ...). This
    has already been changed for 3.7 beta.

All you need to do is to select "Install for all Users" in the
installer to get an installation which works. Scenes and ini files
will reside under "Documents", POV-Ray under "Program Files".

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