Re: libcef - wrong version

Viktor Kabelac <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:59:31 +0200

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Hello George,

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 6:22:27 PM, you wrote:
> Can I ask creators to forget that ugly appdata and other folders and do as early — installation inside Program Files?

As hideous as I find this style (backing up all those X versions of Chrome comprising gigabytes and other binaries along with the profile) - the reason is almost certainly that installing into the user profile avoids the necessity to invoke the UAC (have or get the Admin rights in order to write into program files) for installing or updating the program. And it only applies to the "Automatic Updates" flavor of the package.
And until someone cares to create a dedicated user-installed-programs subpath, this style will probably stay with us.


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 Viktor Kabelac                            mailto:[email protected]
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