Admin-Rechte auf Windows bei Installation von 5.0

gutp
Bei der Installation auf institutionellen Windows-Geräten werden Admin-Rechte verlangt. Dieser Dialog kann weggeklickt werden, anschliessend wird das Programm ohne Rechte trotzdem installiert. Die Installation im Profil-Ordner auf AppData\local sollten eigentlich keine Rechte voraussetzen. Versucht Zotero etwas in die Registry zu schreiben? Ist dieses Problem bekannt?
  • dstillman
    I'm not that familiar with the Windows installer, and we haven't tested this in a long time, but my understanding is that with admin rights Zotero will install to C:\Program Files (x86), and without admin rights it will install somewhere else (maybe AppData\Local?). So that's the reason for the prompt.
  • adamsmith
    Yes, that's exactly right; non-admin installs go to ~\AppData\Local
  • gutp
    yes, but why is there a dialogue box, that asks for admin rights, instead of installing it to AppData\Local without asking?
  • adamsmith
    because you may _want_ to install globally using admin rights. This gives you the option. This isn't uncommon behavior on Windows (e.g., Zotero doesn't write its own installer)

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