Copy from Admin only to user accounts

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Copy from Admin only to user accounts

Bryan Kelly 516

Windows 11. I installed the Qt suite of software for dialogs and GUIs. The install procedure required the use of the Admin account, but, it installed it in the Admin environment only. It is not available for my regular user account.

What steps may be taken to enable Qt for all users on my home computer?

Is there a guideline to be found for tags? I have no idea of what to tag this with so picked something I could find.

RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-13T08:05:33.9633333+00:00

Since Qt is a third-party product questions about its installation and configuration will best be answered in its own support forum. I hope you get the needed support in the answers you receive to the question that you have already posted to its Installation and Deployment section at https://forum.qt.io/topic/155276/installed-for-admin-only
Bryan Kelly 516 Reputation points

2024-03-13T23:57:16.56+00:00

I have posted there, but no one knows the answer. From my perspective, this is a Microsoft question. How can the Admin account make an installed program available to multiple users?
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-14T01:15:18.39+00:00

Whether or not installed software is available to all users of a system or just for the user that performed the installation is controlled by that software's installer technology. For example, elevated privileges as an Administrator may be needed so that the software can be installed to protected file system locations, but the installer can also create start menu items and desktop shortcuts that will appear for all of a system's users and make it available to them also after the installation is finished.

Perhaps you would be better off reviewing available Qt installation related documentation to determine if you can reconfigure your existing installation or you need to uninstall/reinstall. Again, this is the responsibility of the Qt software installation process and is specific to that software.
Bryan Kelly 516 Reputation points

2024-03-14T03:08:05.77+00:00

I recognize that I have no leverage here. Still, Windows 11 did the install and has control over who the components are visible to. I have posts in the Qt forum, with no response yet, but, this is a Windows problem, not Qt.

Now that its installed, there should be a way to make it visible to all users. That sounds like a permissions problem to me.

Is there someplace else to visit that might have a solution?
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-14T06:23:29.1+00:00

You could try adding the "Visual Studio" tag to this question so that community members that are developers will see it. Perhaps someone that is a user of the Qt framework and related products will respond with helpful assistance.
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-15T12:22:40.1333333+00:00

@Bryan Kelly, I read the responses to your posting on the Qt forum and it seems that most who responded agreed that the installation process is the likely cause of your issue.But I wanted to advise you that the comments asserting that non-Administrators do not have access to the C: root directory are not entirely accurate. The security descriptor for the root (e.g., C:) does not allow non-Administrators to create files. However, it does allow them to create folders, subfolders and files in those subfolders. For example,

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RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-13T08:05:33.9633333+00:00

Since Qt is a third-party product questions about its installation and configuration will best be answered in its own support forum. I hope you get the needed support in the answers you receive to the question that you have already posted to its Installation and Deployment section at https://forum.qt.io/topic/155276/installed-for-admin-only
Bryan Kelly 516 Reputation points

2024-03-13T23:57:16.56+00:00

I have posted there, but no one knows the answer. From my perspective, this is a Microsoft question. How can the Admin account make an installed program available to multiple users?
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-14T01:15:18.39+00:00

Whether or not installed software is available to all users of a system or just for the user that performed the installation is controlled by that software's installer technology. For example, elevated privileges as an Administrator may be needed so that the software can be installed to protected file system locations, but the installer can also create start menu items and desktop shortcuts that will appear for all of a system's users and make it available to them also after the installation is finished.

Perhaps you would be better off reviewing available Qt installation related documentation to determine if you can reconfigure your existing installation or you need to uninstall/reinstall. Again, this is the responsibility of the Qt software installation process and is specific to that software.
Bryan Kelly 516 Reputation points

2024-03-14T03:08:05.77+00:00

I recognize that I have no leverage here. Still, Windows 11 did the install and has control over who the components are visible to. I have posts in the Qt forum, with no response yet, but, this is a Windows problem, not Qt.

Now that its installed, there should be a way to make it visible to all users. That sounds like a permissions problem to me.

Is there someplace else to visit that might have a solution?
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-14T06:23:29.1+00:00

You could try adding the "Visual Studio" tag to this question so that community members that are developers will see it. Perhaps someone that is a user of the Qt framework and related products will respond with helpful assistance.
RLWA32 49,636 Reputation points

2024-03-15T12:22:40.1333333+00:00

@Bryan Kelly, I read the responses to your posting on the Qt forum and it seems that most who responded agreed that the installation process is the likely cause of your issue.But I wanted to advise you that the comments asserting that non-Administrators do not have access to the C: root directory are not entirely accurate. The security descriptor for the root (e.g., C:) does not allow non-Administrators to create files. However, it does allow them to create folders, subfolders and files in those subfolders. For example,

Answer 1

Hello

Based on your description, you can try to resolve it by following these steps:

Install path public: Make sure that Qt is installed in a common path that all users can access, such as C:\Program Files\Qt, so that all user accounts can access Qt's libraries and tools.

Configuring System Environment Variables: Set system environment variables as an administrator and add the bin directory of Qt to the system PATH, so that no matter which user logs in, the Qt compiler and related tools can be invoked.

Grant access to files: Make sure that the Qt installation directory has sufficient permissions for all users, at least read and execute permissions. You can add the Everyone group or other specific user groups by right-clicking on the Qt installation directory -> "Properties" -> "Security" tab, and give the appropriate permissions to ensure that non-administrator accounts can use the Qt components normally.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Yanhong Liu

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Bryan Kelly 516 Reputation points

2024-03-15T20:34:37.8633333+00:00

Yanhong Liu , answer looks correct, but after my last posts Qt was uninstalled and installed again, this time successfully. Thank you for your time.

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Bryan Kelly 516

I used Admin to uninstall, then returned to my regular user account and did an install. This time it said nothing about Admin and privileges. One possibility is that something was installed in the first attempt but not uninstalled so the second attempt did not need to mess with that. However, that seems a bit far-fetched.

Regardless, I have it installed and working now. I presume I did something wrong the first time.

Thank you for your time.

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