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I decided not to improve the existing installer but to re-use the installer I wrote for the FreeCAD project.

Here is the installer ready to be tested: FreeCAD or LyX) and got the positive feedback that this helps to use these programs at work.)

(I built this feature into installers for some programs (e.g. I could have a look how this is done for the JASP installer if you like. All major installer engines (like NSIS, WIX etc.) provide options to enable this feature. Implementing this would allow a lot of people to use JASP.

when the installer is executed by an admin, he gets the additional installer page where he can decide whether to install for all users or only for himself:.

when the installer is executed as normal user, the installation path is the default Windows one for local installations as shown in this screenshot of the KDE application LabPlot:.

Proposal: do it like the KDE applications do: Since JASP doesn't install hardware drives a modification of HKLM is not necessary.īesides this, since several users share usually the same PC, admins also don't ant to install all programs being available for all users.Ĭonclusion: JASP could increase it userbase easily by enabling to install it as normal Windows user. This would only be necessary if one must modify the HKLM registry part. I had a look and JASP technically needs no admin privileges. Admins are also lazy and dependent on your organization, you must first explain why a program is important for your work, then the IT guys must check if giving a new program admin privileges might be harmful to the system etc.īut there is no need for this hassling. This is impossible because JASP's installer requires admin privileges, which one of course doesn't have (my colleagues at the University also don't have admin privileges). I wanted to try out JASP on my PC at work.