On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:42:28AM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2013-09-12 04:07, Fr?d?ric Bron wrote: >> I would like to run setup64.exe on Windows 7 without asking for admin >> rights but the computer asks me for admin credentials. >> I read this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg00286.html where >> Corinna suggested to rename the .exe to foo.exe but this did not work. >> I also do not have the rights to modify the Local Security Policy. > >UAC Installer Detection only affects x86 binaries, so that only helps >with setup-x86.exe. As for setup-x86_64.exe, its builtin manifest >requires Admin privileges because otherwise it won't promote itself >automatically, and most people install Cygwin for All Users. > >> Is there any workaround? Would it be possible to supply a setup that >> do not need admin privileges? > >You can build setup.exe yourself for x86_64-w64-mingw32 with the >requestedExecutionLevel entry removed from the manifest. The sources >are in cygwin-apps CVS.
A definitive, non-speculative answer that even gets the name of the executable right. Thanks, Yaakov. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
