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Windows 10 - NSIS one click install as Current User

See original GitHub issue

5.10.5:

nsis - windows: default to one click install

When installing the nsis .exe under Windows 7, one click will install for all users. However when installing under Windows 10 environment, regardless (UAC - User Access Control settings) it only install under “Current User”. The work around is to run the installer as “Run as Administrator”.

Question, is there anyway to avoid right click > “Run as Administrator” to install the app for all User ?

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:11 (7 by maintainers)

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FromStoneagecommented, Jul 5, 2016

@develar good question, one of the reason is I’m trying to associate a file extension to the electron app. If the app is not installed for all users, the app will not be installed under C:\Program Files. As a result if the file extension is not associated with the app, open a file with unknown extension will prompt user to choose from a list of pre-installed apps, this list will not contain the custom app. Further more, when browse for other apps to open, by default Windows will load an Open with … dialog that defaults to C:\Program Files.

That’s why I’d be interested to deploy the app for All user instead of current user.

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develarcommented, Jul 11, 2016

If you use NSIS installer, strongly recommended update to 5.12.1 version.

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