Asger Alstrup wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: >> Next problem. The lyx shortcut and lyx entry in the start menu are >> present only for the user who installed lyx. (In this case the >> administrator.) How do I get the installer to do so for all users? I >> guess that this is another registry question. > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER contains registry settings for the current user logged > in. If you register the file types here, they will only work for the user > logged in. > > Add them to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE instead to make the settings global. This > typically requires administrative rights. > > The normal approach is to let the installer detect what rights the user > has. If he has administrative rights, ask the user whether to install for > all users, or for the current user only.
Many thanks, Asger. That sounds doable. -- Angus
