Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> You realize that under Vista the issue is not that POV-Ray does not want to 
> install in program files, but as discussed numerous times before, is not 
> allowed to install there by Vista itself unless *you*, the user, allow it to 
> do so.

  What do other programs do? I don't remember seeing the same complaint in
relation to other programs (ie. that the program installs itself into the
My Documents folder by default).

> Please read the old messages in this group. The problems Vista creates for 
> non-administrator installs have been discussed numerous times before. There 
> is really no need to start over discussing the benefits and drawbacks of 
> Vista rights management! They are for M$ to fix, and nothing POV-Ray can do 
> anything about.

  There is something POV-Ray can do: Ask the user what to do. ("Because of
<reason xyz> POV-Ray will be installed in <the My Documents folder>.
Yes/No/Cancel.")

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                                                          - Warp

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