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Non-Admin should be able to instal

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Alfaromeo#

Non-Admin should be able to instal

Hi,

My installer should be able to be installed by admin and non-admin users too. While the former works, non-admin users are able to launch the installer , but shortcut icons are missing and the main application file did not get installed.
How can i write such an installer.
LordDaimos#
You have to make sure that you have write-access to the places where the installer needs to create files. For example, you can't write to the "All users" start-menu if you are not an administrator and you might not be able to install files to some other folders aswell (like Program Files on Vista).

/ Karl
Alfaromeo#
Thanks I used the multiuser.nsh header file and it worked.
The installer automatically substituted the registry Hives based on the logged in user's permission level.
Thanks once agaian.