I hope the POVRay team will create a standard installation process to eliminate
multi-user or privilege related problems.

In my opinion, the installation should be :

- Programs (pvengine.exe, manuals...) and non-editable files => Program files
- Shared files (includes, objects...) => Accessible for all users
- Personal files (personal configuration for example) => Current user

The directories should be configurable in a main configuration file.

Applications and data should be separated, Windows provides this.

A portable version will be a great thing for more experienced users who want to
create their own installation. For example, put the shared files in a network
drive.

The current installation process totally breaks non official versions (I have
managed to use MegaPOV on Vista but I had to copy and duplicate files to make it
run like before).

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