Windows msi installer needs admin right?

[nsarzyns]

Attempting to install the msi for windows on a locked down system and it requires admin right? Even attempting to install to a target dir requires right. Is there a reason why the msi needs admin right? I understand if it's attempting to setup system environment variables but for a non-admin, it should set them up at the user level

I've tried other msi's for other software that do require admin right but using msiexec and defining a target dir bypasses this. Is the msi built in a particular way to block this?

[eli-schwartz]

I don't use windows or build the windows MSI, so I'm not sure the answer to your question (@jpakkane probably knows though!)

But I do know it uses wix to create, and it's scripted via https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/master/packaging/createmsi.py