On 25/01/2010 5:16 AM, Warp wrote:
>   I think that in this particular case the path-of-least-confusion would be
> for the installer to fail to install by default if the user has no
> privileges to install to the Program Files directory (with a clear error
> message stating so), and make the option to install into the My Documents
> directory non-trivial (but accessible).

The problem is I can't necessarily tell if it will fail. If I ask the API
if the installer has write privilege, it tells me "yes". And if it does
write, the writes are then diverted into the user's profile. This is by
design, to 'help' legacy software. It's a massive PITA though.

-- Chris

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