On 23.01.10 19:19, Warp 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).

It depends. Some installers just don't work. What does work though, 
amazingly, is that if one uses an older Visual Studio (2003) to build a M$ 
Installer is that it magically works without too many problems. The same is 
not true if using VS 2008 to build the same installer (out of a converted 
project file).

>> 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.")

No, because POV-Ray is not the Windows installer!

	Thorsten

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