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Re: [GOLDSTAR] Re: [PATCH] setup: allow running as non-admin


On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 06:30:50PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>What changed is the way how normal users can install for "just them".
>No name tweak but an option instead.  Given what you wrote, an
>installation as normal user right from the net was not possible before,
>so just the method to do it changed slightly.  By documenting it
>somewhere, we should be all set, shouldn't we?

So, in other words, an end user will no longer have to rename setup*.exe
to foo.exe to bypass enforced elevation but will, instead, just have to
use a command-line option.  Sounds good to me.  We can add words for
that to the install.html web page and to the FAQ.

cgf


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