<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I got your idea :)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That
means making the installer non-admin only, so it will always install
the shortcuts and registry entries for the Current user only. And the
default suggested install location will be in the user's AppData folder, not in Program files.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>The theoretical Therion user who shares a computer with another Therion user will have to install their own copy :)<br><br></div>Vlad</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Footleg via Therion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Footleg<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:15 PM Владимир Георгиев via Therion <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Yes, the location is flexible. I think it was that way in the old installer too.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Vlad<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Footleg via Therion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Footleg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634h5"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:28 AM Bruce Mutton via Therion <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634h5"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-NZ"><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>It is outside of my area of expertise, however:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span>No 2 is OK by me.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span>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’.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bruce<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Therion [mailto:<a href="mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion-bounces@<wbr>speleo.sk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>???????? ???????? via Therion<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 17 July 2017 7:55 PM</span></p></div></div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-NZ"><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br><b>To:</b> List for Therion users <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" target="_blank">therion@speleo.sk</a>><br></span></p></div></div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-NZ"><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Cc:</b> Владимир Георгиев <<a href="mailto:vld.georgiev@gmail.com" target="_blank">vld.georgiev@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Therion] Therion] Therion 5.4.1 Windows Installer incomplete installs<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-NZ"><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About the installer problems...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Since I did the installer changes, here is that comes to mind:<br>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Does anyone have an opinion on what would be most useful?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Would you use the portable option, or the "Current user" installer?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vladimir<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-NZ"><div class="m_-8984648883890195872m_5041840801565941634m_-8731575615933462230m_-8028764518816365000WordSection1"></div></div></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<span><br>
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