[haskell-platform] #62: It should be possible to run the Windows installer as non-admin

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#62: It should be possible to run the Windows installer as non-admin
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 Reporter:  refold             |        Owner:  refold    
     Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  assigned  
 Priority:  minor              |    Milestone:  2010.4.0.0
Component:  Windows installer  |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:                     |  
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Comment(by refold):

 I produced a new installer with RequestExecutionLevel set to 'highest'
 instead of 'admin' (the download link will be posted here shortly). The
 'just unpack' option should now work for non-admin users on Vista/7,
 though the standard install will fail with a non-intuitive error message.

 It looks like the right way to do this is to start as a user and try to
 obtain admin privileges dynamically. On failure, only "just unpack" and
 "install for the current user" options would be available.

 This may be relevant:
 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/UAC_plug-in
 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/MultiUser/Readme.html

 Unfortunately, I do not have time to pursue this further right now.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/62#comment:11>
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