Why does installer install Handy in AppData/local rather than in Program Files ?

[LaurentGrenet]

I'm obviously talking about windows version of Handy.

Why dos the installer install it in [User]\AppData\Local rather than in Program Files, that s the "standard" place for a program ?
Is there any drawback to reject the proposed destination, and select manually Program files ?

[cjpais]

This is how Tauri packages by default. I'm not a windows user so I don't know why they chose this versus program files. It may be possible with a different installer. If someone wants to make a PR they can but I'm not particularly interested in changing the semantics

[LaurentGrenet]

Thanks for your answer, and first of all (and before any thing), thank you SO MUCH for your tool !

FYI, if with the current installer, we manually choose to install it in Program Files, it doesn't work, because the installer do not have adequate privileges.
Personnally, I'm not able to provide a PR with another installer, and so we'll stay "as is"

[LaurentGrenet]

For everybody's information : I just did a (succesful !) test, and if you want to install Handy in Program Files (in Windows), you just have to launch the installer "run as admin", and manually select C:\Program Files\Handy" as destination. It works fine.

Edit on November 7th
I just discover that beside the Handy_xxx_x64-setup_windows.exe, there is also a Handy_xxx_x64_en-US_windows.msi

The .msi installs by default in Program files.
Moreover, when upgrade is done directly from the app itself, it is the msi that is used.

So, I think you can forget all what I wrote previously, and use the msi as installer !

[ljoets]

Is there a way to perform a silent installation for all users?
I found the /S parameter that allows this, but there is nothing that allows me to choose the installation location. Usually, there is a parameter such as ‘ALLUSERS=1’ that allows this.

[HelloGithubUniverse]

How does the application react when it is installed in the program folder regarding the stored audio files or the transcribed content? Do users have access to the content of other users?

[LaurentGrenet]

Even in this case, these files are stored (by default) in %appData%\com.pais.handy
This location can be changed since rev 0.6 in settings

The main "issue" to install it in program folder is that you mustn't forget to run uninstall also in Admin mode...

[LaurentGrenet]

I just discover that beside the Handy_xxx_x64-setup_windows.exe, there is also a Handy_xxx_x64_en-US_windows.msi

The .msi installs by default in Program files.
Moreover, when upgrade is done directly from the app itself, it is the msi that is used.

So, I think you can forget all what I wrote previously, and use the msi as installer !

[ljoets]

Thanks ! <3
msiexec /I Handy_0.6.0_x64_en-US_windows.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 did the job !

[RenaudLLLL]

The possibility to install handy as local user (with the Handy_xxx_x64-setup_windows.exe version with the storage in the local folder) is very useful when you don't have administrator rights.