gberes
18th November 2007 11:11 UTC

Administrator password needed
Hi!

When i start installing my NSIS package, from a simple user account, windows ask for the administrator password. This is not the intended behavour for my projekt. Why is this, and how can i overcome it?

Thanks

gberes
18th November 2007 11:13 UTC

Plus, if i install from administrator account, i need my application shortcut to appear in all the users start menu.

Afrow UK
18th November 2007 15:04 UTC

If this is on Vista, use RequestExecutionLevel user.
Use SetShellVarContext all before creating your shortcut to place it in the all users profile folder.

Stu

Yathosho
18th November 2007 15:05 UTC

1. RequestExecutionLevel
2. SetShellVarContext

btw if you don't know nsis, the example directory is a good way to start, followed by the Scripting Reference and the Wiki!

gberes
18th November 2007 15:21 UTC

Thanks for the info. Is this solution works with xp?

gberes
18th November 2007 15:37 UTC

I added "RequestExecutionLevel user" line. Now i getting the following message:

Error opening file for writing:
C:\Program Files\AppName\myjar.jar

Maybe because user cannot write to protected dirs, such as program files. Should i install to user documents dir?

Afrow UK
19th November 2007 15:14 UTC

You could install to the application data folder as some applications tend to (like Microsoft SyncToy for example).

Stu

gberes
20th November 2007 10:41 UTC

SetShellVarContext works fine, but i also want to remove all the shortcuts on uninstall, wich is not happening now.

How can i do that?