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Feature request: Allow installation without requiring administrator privleges
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Description
I understand per #326 the reasoning why administrator privileges are required to install an MSIX package on Windows 7.
We are looking to migrate our existing WinForms ClickOnce installation to MSIX, as a prerequisite to convert it to .Net Core and allow us to include the run-time with our application.
It would be great if MSIX Core could detect that a package doesn't create registry entries and it may be installed into the user's profile, much like ClickOnce, so that packages that are effectively just an xcopy deployment can be installed without admin rights.
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Research direction
Start by reading the rationale in issue #326 and reviewing how MSIX Core handles MSIX installation on Windows 7. Define how packages without registry entries could install into the user's profile without administrator privileges, and verify that existing administrator-required installations remain supported.
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- 25/100