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I need to write an installer for some executables. The user might copy them wherever he wants but usually this is performed in C:\Program Files\MyProgram
If there's visual studio installed I also need to copy something to system32 (and that requires admin rights I suppose).
Does that make sense to support normal users and admin users? I mean: if I need to install something I always need admin rights, is this correct?
Marco A.
Posted 2013-09-19T07:15:12.737
Reputation: 275
You don't always need Administrator permissions to install a program, it entirely depends, on what the group policy is. – Ramhound – 2013-09-19T11:43:19.083
Group policy for what? For what the program does? – Marco A. – 2013-09-19T11:45:04.820
There is a group policy that handles if if an Administrator permission escalation is required. If that is not turned on, additionally, a program can or cannot require Administrator permissions to be installed. Adding a file to System32 is trivial with the installer of your choice, it requires escalation in nearly all solutions, but every single solution I have tried provide a simople and straight forward way of moving a file into the System32 folder ( although thats actually incorrect behavior ). – Ramhound – 2013-09-19T11:49:25.653