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From: Mike Horvath
Date: 4 Feb 2015 22:09:54
Message: <54d2df02$1@news.povray.org>

On 2/4/2015 11:09 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 04.02.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>> I think this has to do with the user account I used to install the
>> program.
>>
>> How do I install povray on Windows 7 so that my non-admin account can
>> use it? If I try to install as a regular user, then I can't install into
>> Program Files. If I install as an admin, then all the support files get
>> placed in the admin's Documents directory, and I am locked out.
>>
>> Help!
>
> Have a look at this:
>
>
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Windows_Section_3#The_.2FINSTALL_and_.2FQINSTALL_switches
>
>
> I've never had a closer look at this option, so I must leave it up to
> you to figure out the details, but it's designed for exactly the
> situation you're describing.
>


This is a bad situation, period. Using the default Windows installer as 
a regular user is not some edge case that should need special configuration.


Mike

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