Re: Installing a program from a limited user account
Allan wrote:
Most programs aren't able to install from limited user accounts, but there
is nothing preventing a program from being designed to do so.
The limited user accounts usually have "limited access" to system folders
which is why many installers check for administrator privileges. The Google
Earth developers should have thought of this problem. Maybe it should be
reported to them as a bug.
It isn't necessarily a bug. The software may have been specifically designed so
that a limited user can install it in their own account; there's nothing wrong
with this. More software should support it!
If there is no option for an administrator to install it globally, that would
count as a bug (or design fault) as does the reported malfunctioning of the
uninstall functionality.
Harry.
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