Mactype: Is it possible to change the location of the installation?

[IceMan81]

I would like to move the installation to a different location to handle some admin permission issues, is that possible?

[snowie2000]

It’s not possible. the program has to be stored there to support windows 10 UWP.

[sammilucia]

@IceMan81 what permission issues are you having? Perhaps I can fix it in the installer...

[IceMan81]

@sammilucia Its not a permissions issue with the installer, I no longer have permissions on my work machine to write to Program Files, but I can install to a custom location where I have permissions. This is on Win 7.

[snowie2000]

You can, in theory, install the application to anywhere you want if the installer allows you to, since there is no permission problem in Windows 7.

[IceMan81]

@snowie2000 @sammilucia Would it be possible to give the option in the installer to change to a custom path, maybe with a warning that this should not be done on Win 10.

[snowie2000]

@sammilucia Take it into consideration?
Plus, we need to remind users that they will lose the ability to render UWP if they chose to install MacType to somewhere else.

[sammilucia]

I'm sorry @IceMan81, I didn't get to include this into https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/releases/tag/2019.1-beta6 as I'm in the middle of moving to the US right now (!), but I will look at this for the final 2019.1 release if I can.

We can always use more help if anyone has the skill/time! 😊

[IceMan81]

@sammilucia No problem. Good luck with the move!
@sammilucia @IceMan81 Would it be possible to upload a zip of the contents of the installed mactype folder?

[wmjordan]

@IceMan81
I installed MacType on a custom folder outside of the system partition.
Nothing wrong ever occurred due to that.
@snowie2000
The UWP issue had nothing to do with the installation location.

[snowie2000]

@wmjordan Yes, it does.
If you installed the mactype to anywhere else besides X:\Program Files or X:\Windows\System32 (where X is your system drive), you lose the ability to inject to UWP. Unless -- you have a Microsoft certified kernel driver signature.

[wmjordan]

@snowie2000
Oh, you are right. It has to be there. Otherwise those UWP apps could not be injected.
However, the PC Settings app is an exception.

[IceMan81]

@snowie2000 How does mactype determine the dll path in registry or service mode?

[garoto]

@snowie2000 How does mactype determine the dll path in registry or service mode?

In registry mode, maybe all acessory DLL loads are relative to the basepath found in the AppInit_DLLs reg value.

[snowie2000]

@IceMan81 @garoto
MacType will try to get the short path (8.3 DOS format) of the mactype dlls. If the short path is available, AppInit_DLLs will be the short path of the absolute location of mactype dlls.
If not, only the filename mactype.dll or mactype64.dll will be written to the AppInit_DLLs and the system environment will be updated with mactype installation location accordingly.

System environment will not be modified if 8.3 DOS path is available.