Install on windows without elevated requirement. | Tauri Apps | Page 1

lean oak Dec 22, 2022, 11:13 PM

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Hello,

I have made a fairly simple app that is intended to be downloaded on computers within organizations where the user installing them doesnt have (or need) elevated permissions.

When going to install on windows, it requests elevated permissions. This is an issue as this is a small app intended for people who need it within the organization, and it is not possible to get someone with the credentials to go around every time they wanted to download it.

I've read through the windows build section and the tauri config section on the documentation several times, but find no mention of this, much less any way around it.

My understanding was that tauri uses web renders built into the OS, so im not sure what it even needs elevated permissions for.

How can I resolve this?

wary lichen Dec 22, 2022, 11:14 PM

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The new nsis based installer which will be part of v1.3 will support this

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The current WiX implementation does not

lean oak Dec 22, 2022, 11:15 PM

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hm, any idea when this would be available? Or if its available now, how could I use it? and is it stable enough to use?

wary lichen Dec 22, 2022, 11:18 PM

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When? No idea, a few weeks minimum
How to use it now? Use tauri, including the cli from git as explained here https://tauri.app/v1/guides/faq#how-can-i-use-unpublished-tauri-changes use the nsis branch instead of dev
How stable? No idea, only time will tell. It's obviously not used in production yet so there may be some unhandled edge cases

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Alternatively you could change the WiX template file, there should be some example on GitHub or this discord server (or Google)

#Install on windows without elevated requirement.