Re: Check-list to installing/running apps as non-admin?

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"Gilles Ganault" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:06:28 -0500, "Ron Weiner"
<rweineratworksritedotcom> wrote:
I am currently delivering a few VB6 applications using a simple "copy all
of
the files to a folder on your harddrive and double click the exe" type
install.

What about OCX's? And what about the install directory, and running
the app as non-admin? From what I read, Vista seems even trickier than
XP on this issue.

I've found on Vista that non-admins cannot install to Program Files, so I
must provide the option to install elsewhere, something like c:\MyApp. OCX's
must be registered, but that's not a problem as long as only the one user
runs the app. Non-admins can only write to HKCU in the registry. If they
write to HKLM it seems to write, but is actually written to a virtual part
of the directory that is only valid for them (it does not affect other
users).

In Vista if a user is logged in as the local administrator and runs a setup
(or the program), they must use the "Run as administrator" feature (unless
UAC is disabled). Otherwise they will not have administrator privileges.

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Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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