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windows path Installs to: C:\Program Files

Open tanishkkkk opened this issue 2 months ago • 0 comments

Squirrel version(s) Which version(s) of the project are you using? 6.1.1 Description Replace this text with a short description of the problem currently the squirrel installer on windows, install the electron app in C:\Users{User}\AppData\ but due to some unavoidable reasons of our app we need to install this in the programFiles of C drive. we need flexibility to achieve the same or some alternative suggestions to resolve this will be really helpful

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Expected behavior windows app to be installed in C:\Program Files\ similar to vscode

Actual behavior windows app is getting installed in C:\Users{User}\AppData/

Additional information https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/blob/develop/src/Squirrel/UpdateManager.cs line 242

tanishkkkk avatar Oct 29 '25 07:10 tanishkkkk