sprocketonline Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Is there any specific reason why Administrator Priveleges are required for the installation of pdn? It would be incredibly handly if there was a 'lightweight' installer which didn't require administrator priveleges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Probably because it needs to write in the program files directory. A way to use PDN without admin privileges is to run it from a USB key as explained how in other posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 This is not a programming/development question, thus ... Moved to General Discussion 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...
david.atwell Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 It's not Paint.NET that's requiring admin privs. It's Windows. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITMAN-X- Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I did a tutorial long ago and there a link to it in my sig on how to install Paint.NET on a CD, USB, or any other storage media. This may be of help to you. As for Administrator Priveleges being needed I say thats a good thing. Some places don't want you to install programs on there computers even if they are a nice program for image editing. I know if I were a Network Administrator (Which is one of the classes I passed with an 85) that I would not want users running wild on the system doing what ever they want. To keep it clean they can come to me and ask me if I could install it for them. Quote DEXTUT.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Pretty much all Windows applications require Administrator privilege to install. Paint.NET puts its executable files in to the Program Files directory, which requires admin rights to write to. It also registers a shell extension, makes an "all users" desktop shortcut, installs a few system libraries (prerequisites), and uses 'ngen' to optimize its .NET assemblies (also requires admin). All of this is required to make Paint.NET available to all users on the system, optimize its performance, and enable all of its features. 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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