gtdiamondI checked below post on you support web site, and I tried to install on this folder "C:\wyBuilderTest\AppInstall" by giving it full permission for users. But it did not work out. Where should I create a folder to avoid administrator permission for wybuilder update? Can you give me a example location on c: drive or any other location?
Install update without admin privilegeshttps://wyday.com/forum/t/1247/install-update-without-admin-privileges/#post-6431
"For instance if you're installing to a folder that isn't in AppData, Desktop, etc., but you give a limited user full access to the folder, then they'll be able to update."
But it did not work out.
You have to give the user that you're logged in (or the user group to which that user and maybe other users belong) full access to the folder and subfolders.
What's full access? Well, edit the ACL settings for the folder & subfolders and check all the boxes. (Hint: it's more than just read / write).
gtdiamondI gave a full permission for "Users" account and the actual user account that has "Users" privilege.Can you just give an example folder path that I can try under C: drive?
This explains it pretty well: How to Change File Permissions on Windows 7.
MilouI'm evaluating wyBuild and I have run into a problem with the automatic updater (I'm using the AutomaticUpdaterBackend because I want to control the user interface). My application is installed under Program Files (x86), and when I start my application the automatic updater correctly finds a new update to install. However, there is an immediate error message from wyUpdate stating that it needs Administrative privileges to install the update. Below the error message, two options for correcting the error are given: Enter administrator username/password, or start wyUpdate with "Run as Administrator."
I've tried to work around the issue, but I run into two problems:1) I'm never asked for administrator user/password by wyUpdate. Could this be because I'm running with a user with Administrator privileges? When I make changes in Windows (and this is Windows 7), I am sometimes asked to confirm administrator privileges, but it just gives me a message box with Continue and Skip options.
2) Following the advise in this thread I gave Full permission to the Users account. Now if I start wyupdate manually, I don't get the error with missing Administrator privileges. However, I still get the same error when I start my application and wyUpdate is started from the automatic updater. Do you have any idea why this happens? I did verify in Task Manager that the wyUpdate process runs under the same user account as when I start it manually.
I am sometimes asked to confirm administrator privileges, but it just gives me a message box with Continue and Skip options.
That doesn't sound right. Make sure UAC is enabled on the machine. If you disable UAC then apps (like wyUpdate) won't be able to elevate from limited users. That's why you would get an error.
Following the advise in this thread I gave Full permission to the Users account.
That's not recommended advice. You can do it, but it's a bad idea. If you want to have unrestricted updates the put your app in the %appdata% folder.
Also, if your updates do anything other than install files then wyUpdate will require elevation.
MilouJust a quick update on this: I don't know what I did wrong before, but I rebuilt everything and now it works as expected. As I said, I was installing with a user that has Administrator privileges (although I didn't do 'Run as administrator'). I didn't need to enter Administrator password when installing the original Setup kit and now I don't have to do that for wyUpdate.exe.
So there must have been something I did in my first build...
