weberjn Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 For security reasons I use XP with a non-Admin user and do runas Administrator for installations and admin. When I tried to install Paint.NET.3.5.1 using runas Administrator, the installer unpacked its files to a temp folder, deleted them again and then exited without any message. These seem to be the same symptoms as in http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32643. Only when I logged into the computer with an Administrator account (not runas) the install worked. So there seems to be a bug in the installer ... Thanks, Juergen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 "Run as" isn't a common scenario in XP. It's not supported; no testing is ever done in that mode. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weberjn Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 "Run as" isn't a common scenario in XP. It's not supported; no testing is ever done in that mode. Well, it's frivolous to run XP with Administrator rights, and no firm with a responsible IT management lets users have admin rights, so at least in enterprises the scenario is the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32643&view=unread#p305840 Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Well, it's frivolous to run XP with Administrator rights, and no firm with a responsible IT management lets users have admin rights, so at least in enterprises the scenario is the norm. Sure. But if you're doing administration at that level, then it's expected that you're using AD/GPO and can use the deployment instructions over here: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/U ... ation.html And, XP support is just not something that will be improved from here on out. Even if I were to consider this a bug worth fixing*, I couldn't justify fixing it from a cost or strategy standpoint. * Not to imply that the opposite judgement has been made. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weberjn Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 And, XP support is just not something that will be improved from here on out. Even if I were to consider this a bug worth fixing*, I couldn't justify fixing it from a cost or strategy standpoint. * Not to imply that the opposite judgement has been made. Currently, XP has a two third market share, so for a user-oriented project XP should be the number one target. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_shar ... ng_systems But, coming from a Java background, I don't understand the problem. Supporting an OS should be the concern of the VM, not of the application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I'm aware of the market share. Now think of the percentage of that market share that is running into this problem, and that there are already three other (better) ways to install it. (normally, unattended, deployed) But, coming from a Java background, I don't understand the problem. Supporting an OS should be the concern of the VM, not of the application. .NET isn't a virtual machine. So, correct ... you don't understand the problem I'm not saying your situation is _______ (insert whatever). I'm saying I'm not going to fix this. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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