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Re: Problems with new setup


On Feb 26 16:08, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> The new setup (32 bit) now requires admin privileges, which I don't have.
> I've used all of the usual tricks, re-naming to remove "setup" from the
> name, copying by cat > new_file.exe, moving to a FAT and then back,
> playing with windows permissions.
> 
> It is also a lot bigger than the previous version.
> 
>  730624 2013-11-07 13:45:22 setup-x86.old.exe
> 2366464 2014-02-25 13:28:35 setup-x86.exe
> 
> Is that expected or is that an indication something?

Dunno why it's bigger (missing compression maybe) but for the admin
problem, try running setup with the -B/--no-admin option.


Corinna

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