Install-ChocolateyPath: should -Scope default to 'Machine'
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Description
### Checklist
- [X] I have verified this is the correct repository for opening this issue.
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### Is Your Feature Request Related To A Problem? Please describe.
Packages that don't specify a `-Scope` for `Install-ChocolateyPath` will default to `User` scope, even if choco is running as admin (which is our primary supported use case).
### Describe The Solution. Why is it needed?
Packages installing software system-wide (as is our often expected use case) may wind up putting values in the _user_ PATH instead if the package maintainers aren't sufficiently aware / heeding documentation on what the defaults are. This could potentially result in packages not working as expected in a multi-user system, and is reasonably non-trivial to see where the fault might lie.
Some options:
- Since choco's expected use case is admin/elevated installations, we should default to Machine all the time
- We could make the default dependent on whether choco is running as admin? if in non admin, default to User scope, otherwise default to Machine
- No change, keep it defaulting to User scope
- Make it a mandatory parameter so maintainers _have_ to specify the scope when using Install/Uninstall-ChocolateyPath in their packages.
### Additional Context
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Research direction
Review the current default behavior of Install-ChocolateyPath and compare it with the four alternatives described in the issue. A completed change would establish and document one clear scope policy, including behavior for elevated and non-elevated installations, with coverage for the selected behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100