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About Standard User Installations

Creating an Installation for Standard Users

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Enable User Account Control (UAC) check box in Installation Expert > Windows
Installer Options page.
See Creating an Installation for Standard Users
7. Click OK. The new installation opens.
Windows Installer 4.0 or later only.
The User Account Control (UAC) that was introduced with Windows Vista provides a
temporary privilege-elevation model. A standard user installation is one in which the
UAC is disabled so that standard users can install it without elevation. The installation
cannot contain actions that access a protected area on the destination computer.
During development, a standard user installation behaves as follows:
Windows Installer Editor warns you when you make a change in the installation that
is incompatible with a standard user installation:
On the Files page, the default installation folder in the lower-left list box is
Windows\Profiles\Local Settings\Application Data instead of Program Files.
On the Files page, a warning message appears when you try to add a file to a
protected area.
On the Registry page, a warning message appears when you try to add a
registry key to a protected area.
The DisableUAP property is set, which hides the option to install for all users or the
current user on the installation's User Information dialog box.
See Creating an Installation for Standard Users
At run time, a standard user installation behaves as follows:
The Destination Folder dialog box does not appear because letting the end user
change to a directory that is not per-user would cause the installation to fail.
The User Account Control dialog box that prompts end users for administrator
credentials does not appear.
If the installation tries to access a protected area, it fails.
Installations that were created in a Wise product earlier than Wise Package Studio 7.0
SP1 or Wise Installation Studio 7.0 run as if User Account Control is enabled.
See also About UAC Elevation of Windows Installer Installations
Windows Installer 4.0 or later only.
A standard user installation is one in which the UAC is disabled so that standard users
can install it without elevation. The installation cannot contain actions that access a
protected area on the destination computer.
See About Standard User Installations
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