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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon DavidXanatos

Installer-based version

Open Amaroq-Clearwater opened this issue 6 years ago • 2 comments

While portable programs are always very helpful to have, this program needs to have an option within it to execute an installation. Having a version that is installed on your system could enable the following benefits:

  1. It could store its settings in the Windows Registry for all users.
  2. It could run as a background service/driver without constantly setting off User Account Control.
  3. You could automatically download and install updates for the program itself.
  4. It could install a version of the executable which is pre-configured and optimized for your version of Windows (including ARM, x86 and x64), improving system stability and ease of use.
  5. It could add an option to the Windows Control Panel to open your update manager settings.

Amaroq-Clearwater avatar Feb 15 '19 16:02 Amaroq-Clearwater

well an installer is definnetly needes will look into that.

  1. you can already now do with the bypass UAC option
  2. that could be done with a portable version as well
  3. its a .NET application it should be CPU architecture independent.

DavidXanatos avatar Mar 24 '19 20:03 DavidXanatos

I know this is an old request but I just wanted to +1 this. Every time I want to run updates I have to try and remember where I put this portable executable. Would be nice if I could just launch it by searching for it in my Windows Start Search as I do for all my other programs. Having this installer available through winget would be an extra bonus.

JtMotoX avatar Dec 02 '21 21:12 JtMotoX