Rstudio: Allow RStudio installer to install without admin privilges

[renejuan]

I think this will be a nice enhancement especially for users in enterprise environment. It will be nice to be able to install RStudio using user privileges. Currently this is possible by downloading the zip for windows and copying but the installer requires admin privileges. I would like to see this enhancement.

[renejuan]

I think will be good to allow multiple versions of RStudio to be installed at the same time. A few things to consider as part of this enhancement:

1. Will AppData\Local\RStudio-Desktop interfere between versions?
2. The version number does not seem to be reported to WIndows (Control Panel Add/Remove Programs).

[jmcphers]

It would be nice, but there's been no additional interest for a couple of years and it's unlikely we'll have time to work on it in the next year, so closing. The zipfile is the best choice for installing without privileges, and most of the additional work done by the installer would require privileges anyway.

[lejeczek]

My vote goes to this. In enterprise of any kind(colleges, universities, etc.) all the users I'm sure would welcome this with a big 'thanks'. All these users have had their 'Rs' installed without admin privileges and must wonder why RStudio can't do the same.
Thanks.