When to "Run as Admin" for fonts?
Does anyone know which versions of Windows require "run as Admin" to install fonts?
Also, will the code below work only on Win-7, or will it also work on Win-XP and Vista?
I'm using an old font.dll (don't have that with me today) on the app I sell, but was looking to upgrade to the new NSIS. About 5 to 10% of the users have been having problems installing the fonts, and I provide a manual procedure, but that number seems to be growing lately (I'm guessing because of Win 7).
I wrote the following sample and tested today at home on Win7 (created with v2.46).
!include FontReg.nsh
!include FontName.nsh
!include WinMessages.nsh
; The name of the installer
Name "FontTest01"
; The file to write
OutFile "FontTest01.exe"
; The default installation directory
InstallDir $DESKTOP\Example1
; Request application privileges for Windows Vista
RequestExecutionLevel user
;--------------------------------
; Pages
Page directory
Page instfiles
;--------------------------------
; The stuff to install
Section "" ;No components page, name is not important
; Set output path to the installation directory.
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
; Put file there
File readme.txt
SectionEnd ; end the section
Section "Fonts"
StrCpy $FONT_DIR "c:\windows\fonts" ; one directory under current directory
!insertmacro InstallTTFFont 'hebbook.ttf'
!insertmacro InstallTTFFont 'hebbook6.ttf'
SendMessage ${HWND_BROADCAST} ${WM_FONTCHANGE} 0 0 /TIMEOUT=5000
SectionEnd
When I didn't do right-click "run as Admin" on the fontTest01.exe, I get this error:
Error opening file for writing: C:\windows\fonts\hebbook.ttf.
Thanks,
Neal Walters