canton7/SyncTrayzor

Updating portable installation requires write access to the parent directoty

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#368 opened on May 22, 2017

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Description

Update process for "portable" installations in its current form creates a temporary copy of itself outside of the actual installation folder, which requires additional access rights.

Example: if the portable installation folder resides in the root of a hard drive, it'll always fail.

Modifications outside the installation folder should be avoided in general, especially so for portable installation.

SyncTrayzor v.1.1.16 Windows 10 x64

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Research direction
Inspect the update process code that creates a temporary copy outside the installation folder. Modify to use a temporary file inside the installation folder or use Windows API for portable updates.
Tech stack
csharp
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desktop
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