[Issue 6511] New - Installer puts shortcuts under admin user

http://argouml.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6511
                 Issue #|6511
                 Summary|Installer puts shortcuts under admin user
               Component|argouml
                 Version|0.34
                Platform|PC
                     URL|
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|NEW
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|DEFECT
                Priority|P3
            Subcomponent|Build, installation, setup - scripts and tools
             Assigned to|linus
             Reported by|jla






------- Additional comments from [email protected] Thu Jan  7 10:58:17 -0800 2016 -------
When I installed ArgoUML from a limited user account I was unable to see 
shortcuts to launch the application and browsing into the install location 
it wasn't immediately obvious which file to click to launch it.

The ArgoUML-0.34-setup.exe runs with administrative privileges and puts the 
software into C:\Program Files (x86)\ArgoUML so it is accessable by all 
users, but it places the start menu shortcuts into the runas/administrator 
user's account instead of to the "all users" locations.

Please consider changing the shortcut installation location to the "all 
users" locations. On Win8/10 I believe that is 
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ArgoUML" and 
"C:\Users\Public\Desktop".

Also please consider putting a launcher shortcut in the install directory. 
That would give a more obvious thing to click and could be a work-around for 
a person to copy to their desktop or start menu if they don't have access to 
or don't know how to find the installed shortcuts under the administrator 
user's account.

Alternatively I wouldn't have minded if the installer didn't require 
administrator and installed into something like %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs. In 
that case I suspect the shortcuts would have properly created for my limited 
user account.

ArgoUML-0.34-setup.exe
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

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