On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:43:20 +0100, Chris Cason  
<del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
>
> 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.

This feature is called "Virtualization" and can be disabled by embedding a  
manifest with a requestedExecutionLevel.

If that messes with the ability to install POV-Ray without administrative  
privileges, I think a better solution is to do what Warp suggested and  
just not have that as a default option.



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FE

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