Installing MM with non-Administrator account

PabloGlosa · Post by **PabloGlosa** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:37 am

Hi all:

I'm trying to install MM using an account wich has limited privileges.

When installing MM, a "you need to be logged in as Administrator" message appears and installation stops.

Any workaround?

TIA

Pablo

Post by **Peke** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:33 pm

Yes Copy Whole installed MM Folder to PC With Limited Account.

PabloGlosa · Post by **PabloGlosa** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:03 pm

Thank you, Peke... So easy? Does it means that MM is kinda-portable?

Post by **Peke** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:41 am

It more means that it is clean app without additional files outside Installation folder except settings and Library(can be changed) which will classify it as fully portable.

BTW Library and Settings can be found in <My Music>\Mediamonkey for each user.

PabloGlosa · Post by **PabloGlosa** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:00 am

Thank you, Peke. Your suggestion solved my problem. You are right, it is a very clean app!!!

I figure that if you are patient enough you can tweak the .INI file in order to use a database stored in a USB key, for instance, and have MM running from there.

Yes, is not strictly "portable", but...

Regards,

Pablo

Post by **Peke** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:12 pm

We are thinking about that "but...".

Teknojnky · Post by **Teknojnky** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:24 pm

Peke wrote:We are thinking about that "but...".

An easily selectable 'shared user' vs 'separate user' configuration would be an awesome addition. Winamp and foobar already have this feature and its great.

pabloGlosa · Post by **pabloGlosa** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:02 am

Yes, Teknojnky, it would be!!

One problem could be the fact that in the INI file you specify fixed locations for the MDB file, while a USB key could get different drive names depending on the computer you plug it in.

But if you can use a kind of environment variable to refer to the drive name where MM is running from... voilá!!

Let's continue thinking the "but", Peke

Pablo

Teknojnky · Post by **Teknojnky** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:02 pm

pabloGlosa wrote:Yes, Teknojnky, it would be!!

One problem could be the fact that in the INI file you specify fixed locations for the MDB file, while a USB key could get different drive names depending on the computer you plug it in.

But if you can use a kind of environment variable to refer to the drive name where MM is running from... voilá!!

Let's continue thinking the "but", Peke

Pablo

I don't know if its currently possible, but if MM would accept a relative path (meaning relative from the program folder it was ran from) then you could specify something like:

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database_path=.\MyMediaMonkeyDatabase.mdb

or some such without having a drive letter.

Post by **Peke** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:27 pm

I'll inform you all about progress as soon as I get some facts.