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No, nowadays they install themselves into user AppData and they do not requrie anything. for example slack, dsicord, vscode, most games do not require anything
by romanovcode 6y ago
No, nowadays they install themselves into user AppData and they do not requrie anything.
for example slack, dsicord, vscode, most games do not require anything
- ubercow13 6y agoSome do but it's hardly universal. AFAIK that comes with its own security problems like each app having to bundle and update its own dependencies. Games aren't great either. I think Steam for example makes its application folder writeable by all users by default.
- freeone3000 6y agoEach app already had to bundle and update its own dependencies. The WinSxS folder was created solely for programs who tried to install global dependencies -- it serves as a per-program "global" folder so each program can have its own "global" without getting in the way of others.
- noisem4ker 6y agoAdd Microsoft's own Teams, anything Google, Dropbox. It's blatant, maddening disrespect of the platform's conventions and security policies.