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Installer user/all users option question

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:54 pm
by utopiomania
I,ve noticed that some installers has an option to install an app for either 'this user' or 'all users' on a PC.
The ones that don't might detect that there's only one user on a PC, but I'm not shure if this is the case.

I posted an installer here, and wonder if this feauture should be implemented or not. What do you think?

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:59 pm
by Jan Vooijs
Yes I would like that option since not every user on my machines are allowed to use all the software. Like i want to use a network snooper (just for debugging applications) but not my mother in-law (per example). Or I'am the only legit user for PB but nott everybody else.

Jan V.

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:17 pm
by lexvictory
i dont think that they would detect if there's only one user that exists on the computer, because there's always more than one user anyway (at least on xp)

maybe u should create a poll asking whether this feature should be implemented or not

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:37 pm
by utopiomania
Thanks, I'll probably implement it. The way it works now is that it installs in a users space if the
user has admin rights.

I've just checked, and it's easy to get it to install for all users, or the current user only, so I'll just
let the user decide.