New Windows Installers for Testing

[Enrico Forestieri]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:35:00PM +0200, Yu Jin wrote:
> Am Mi., 10. Juni 2020 um 12:26 Uhr schrieb Enrico Forestieri <forenr at lyx.org
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:11:13PM +0200, Yu Jin wrote:
> > > Am Mi., 10. Juni 2020 um 11:50 Uhr schrieb Enrico Forestieri <
> > forenr at lyx.org
> > [...]
> > > > I have MiKTeX configured so that to never install any packages when run
> > > > as a normal user, but to always ask before installing packages when run
> > > > as admin. In this way, packages are always installed for everyone.
> > When I
> > > > ran the installer it did not ask anything and simply installed
> > everything.
> > > >
> > > Based on what I wrote above, this configuration isn't even possible if it
> > > is the same windows account you are talking about, since MiKTeX always
> > > considers *user *preferences. This would only be possible if you have a
> > > separate admin account and set "ask me first" in the *user *preferences
> > on
> > > that account.
> >
> > Yes, I have a separate admin account and set "Ask me" in the *user*
> > preferences on that account. Then, I always use an account (different from
> > the previous one) with no admin privileges and set it to "Never install
> > missing packages on-the-fly".
> >
> > When a package is required by a document (and I am willing to install it),
> > I simply run lyx as administrator and answer yes when I am asked to install
> > the missing package.
> >
> 
> Then I have no explanation for this. I have tested all possible cases to
> reproduce that but could not.

I have tried the latest installer. Before launching it, I configured MiKTeX
to "Never install" for the admin account. And, actually, it did non install
the missing packages. So, the configuration is respected only in this case.
By setting "Ask first", it doesn't ask and directly installs.

-- 
Enrico