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minus-squaredanAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours ago installs everything without needing admin rights. I hate installers that do this because they don’t install the apps in the right place. Apps should be in Program Files.
minus-squarehubobes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoNot really, except if you install for all users on the machine: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/installation-context
minus-squaredanAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoA lot of apps don’t follow this guidance. There’s plenty of apps whose per-user installations aren’t installed into %LocalAppData%\Programs. I’ve even seen some that install into the roaming AppData directory!
I hate installers that do this because they don’t install the apps in the right place. Apps should be in Program Files.
Not really, except if you install for all users on the machine: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/installation-context
A lot of apps don’t follow this guidance. There’s plenty of apps whose per-user installations aren’t installed into
%LocalAppData%\Programs. I’ve even seen some that install into the roaming AppData directory!