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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t remember seeing something get installed in appdata, but having other files it depends on in there sure does happen though
minus-squareguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI’ve seen Electron based apps do this sometimes. GitHub Desktop, for instance
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOh right, it’s the only one I’ve seen doing it. You still get the prompt to ask where you want to install it and it just needs to not be in Program Files or you need to give it administrator access so it can update itself… It’s pretty ridiculous
I don’t remember seeing something get installed in appdata, but having other files it depends on in there sure does happen though
I’ve seen Electron based apps do this sometimes. GitHub Desktop, for instance
Oh right, it’s the only one I’ve seen doing it. You still get the prompt to ask where you want to install it and it just needs to not be in Program Files or you need to give it administrator access so it can update itself…
It’s pretty ridiculous