[Gretl-users] Windows installation directories

[Allin Cottrell]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Peter Davidoff wrote:

> I have found that GRETL's current installation allows
> me to bypass calling the University IT when I need
> to install it on a campus PC.  On my home computer
> where there isn't vast quantities of IT password
> protection I tell the installation program to install it
> to C:\Program Files\gretl without a problem.
>
> So I worry that if the installation program is made
> too "Windows" it will suffer installation delays (3 weeks
> last time for me) when I needed IT to install GRETL in
> a lab classroom.  My vote would be for minimal
> installation change.

Thanks for that info!  It did occur to me to wonder whether 
using a more "standard" set of installation directories under 
Windows might create some permissions problems.  Any other 
thoughts on this?

Allin Cottrell