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setup without admin privilege
Posted: 22 May 2020, 20:09
by volki
I want to build a setup.exe that could be run without admin privilege. possible?
main reason: when the user runs the setup as admin the <ApplicationData>\<AppName> is the admin path. is there a workaround?
we don´t need admin rights for running the app!
Thanks for a good solution!
Re: setup without admin privilege
Posted: 23 May 2020, 21:25
by Soner
Hello,
yes. You can do it via a workaround. Please proceed with the following steps:
- Browse to the InstallForge application directory and then to the sub folder res
- Open the manifestDefault.manifest file with any text editor
- Change level="requireAdministrator" to level="asInvoker"
- Repeat these 2 steps with the manifestVisualStylesEnabled.manifest file
Re: setup without admin privilege
Posted: 24 May 2020, 16:08
by volki
This works, thank you!
Re: setup without admin privilege
Posted: 09 May 2023, 22:50
by tentnerandrea
When I tried to make these modifications and save over the original, I got the message: "You do not have permissions to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permissions."
IT at my org tried to do the edits as admin and were unable to do so (they got the same message as I did, above). They are currently escalating to higher levels of admin to try to get the edits done.
I recognize that this is an issue with strict protections at my org. However, I wonder if it's possible to make this modification in the Install Forge installer so that:
1) it's possible to install Install Forge without admin.
2) if Install Forge is installable without admin then it may install so that these files are editable by the user without admin as well, so that it's then easy for a user in turn to make installers for their own apps easily installable without admin?
Thanks for a great tool!
Re: setup without admin privilege
Posted: 10 May 2023, 00:09
by Soner
Hello tentnerandrea,
thanks for the report. I will work out a more appropriate solution in order to avoid the issue you have described.
Re: setup without admin privilege
Posted: 28 Aug 2023, 05:24
by WendellCaldwell
tentnerandrea wrote: ↑09 May 2023, 22:50
When I tried to make these modifications and save over the original, I got the message: "You do not have permissions to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permissions."
IT at my org tried to do the edits as admin and were unable to do so (they got the same message as I did, above). They are currently escalating to higher levels of admin to try to get the edits done.
I recognize that this is an issue with strict protections at my org. However, I wonder if it's possible to make this modification in the Install Forge installer so that:
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1) it's possible to install Install Forge without admin.
2) if Install Forge is installable without admin then it may install so that these files are editable by the user without admin as well, so that it's then easy for a user in turn to make installers for their own apps easily installable without admin?
Thanks for a great tool!
Thanks for sharing your experience. Making Install Forge more user-friendly without requiring admin access can really be beneficial. Your insights are valuable for improving the tool.
