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Find the correct default install location for dotnet windows MSI

See original GitHub issue

Right now the dotnet MSI installs by default into %programfiles%\Microsoft\dotnet.

Is %programfiles% the right place to install dotnet? This is where users typically expect files to be after installation. But the user needs admin privileges.
Is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs the right place to install? This becomes a per-user installation, though it can follow the user around the network. The user does not need admin privileges to install.

I like to get some feedback on this. cc: @Petermarcu @piotrpMSFT @blackdwarf @anurse

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Created 8 years ago
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Sridhar-MScommented, Nov 19, 2015

Yes. And SxS is enabled by downloading zip packages.

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Sridhar-MScommented, Dec 3, 2015

Tracking OSX dotnet/cli#390

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