I have yet to meet a Therion user who knows another Therion user who they share a computer with. So I would be happy with install for Current user only.
Footleg On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:15 PM Владимир Георгиев via Therion < therion@speleo.sk> wrote: > Yes, the location is flexible. I think it was that way in the old > installer too. > But there are also global Start menu shortcuts and registry entries that > go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. For those the installer needs admin rights. If > it doesn't have them, it comes down again to the All users vs Current user > problem. > > Vlad > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Footleg via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> > wrote: > >> Usually a Windows application installer offers the option to install to a >> location of the users choosing. If this was done then users wanting to >> install without admin privileges could choose a location they have write >> permissions for. Otherwise users can choose to just click through 'Next' on >> each page to accept the default install under Program Files. >> >> Footleg >> >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:28 AM Bruce Mutton via Therion < >> therion@speleo.sk> wrote: >> >>> It is outside of my area of expertise, however: >>> >>> - No 1 seems dangerous, at the whim of future MS updates and there >>> are bound to be people with non-standard setups, or very old Windows >>> versions, any of which might break something that tries to be too clever. >>> - No 2 is OK by me. >>> >>> I don’t think I would use a ‘non-installed’ version. The installer is >>> compact, quick, easy and has proved versatile and reliable over at least 10 >>> years. I rely on file associations heavily, to tweak my system to make >>> Therion workflow ‘comfortable’. >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Therion [mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk] *On Behalf Of *???????? >>> ???????? via Therion >>> *Sent:* Monday, 17 July 2017 7:55 PM >>> >>> >>> *To:* List for Therion users <therion@speleo.sk> >>> >>> *Cc:* Владимир Георгиев <vld.georg...@gmail.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Therion] Therion] Therion 5.4.1 Windows Installer >>> incomplete installs >>> >>> >>> >>> About the installer problems... >>> >>> Since I did the installer changes, here is that comes to mind: >>> 1) I could try to make it more intelligent and to detect if there is an >>> existing install location (all users or current user) and to install in the >>> same one without the "All/Current user" prompt. This will probably not >>> prevent all possible problems though. >>> >>> 2) Another solution would be to revert those changes and keep only the >>> "All users" option, which requires admin privileges. This is how the older >>> installers worked and always installed in Program Files. >>> >>> In addition to that, there could be a portable edition of Therion, which >>> is distributed as a ZIP file and the user would only need to extract it in >>> a folder. There would be no association to the TH, TH2 and THCONFIG file >>> extensions of course. Currently the code reads the install location from >>> the Win registry, but it could be made to search for files in the current >>> folder. >>> >>> Does anyone have an opinion on what would be most useful? >>> >>> Would you use the portable option, or the "Current user" installer? >>> >>> Vladimir >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Therion mailing list >>> Therion@speleo.sk >>> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Therion mailing list >> Therion@speleo.sk >> https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion@speleo.sk > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >
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