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Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)
- From: Frédéric Bron <frederic dot bron at m4x dot org>
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:11:55 +0200
- Subject: Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)
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> I just modified this:
> Index: setup64.exe.manifest
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/cygwin-apps/setup/setup64.exe.manifest,v
> retrieving revision 2.1
> diff -r2.1 setup64.exe.manifest
> 25c25
> < <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"
> uiAccess="false"/>
> ---
>> <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/>
In fact, what would be the issue to set the requested execution level
to "asInvoker" for the official setup-x86_64.exe?
People with admin rights will still be able to install for all users
and people without admin rights will be able to install for
them-selves.
Frédéric
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