[tex-live] w32: default multi-user

Denis Bitouzé dbitouze at wanadoo.fr
Fri May 16 11:25:59 CEST 2014


Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
> A new Windows wrapper for TeX Live Manager now triggers a UAC prompt
> if it needs admin permissions and does not have them. On XP it bails
> out with an explanation in such cases.
>
> With this change, it is reasonable to make a multiuser install the
> default when the installer is run with admin privileges.
>
> Note that it is still possible to mess up a multiuser install by
> running tlmgr from the command-line as a non-privileged user.

Many thanks, Siep!
-- 
Denis




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