Install* MCR without Administrator rights

Hello everybody,

I want compile some GUI into windows standalone application (*exe).

To run these application I need to install MCR and I tried to follow this procedure:

Deploying a Standalone Application on a Network Drive

The main idea is run my applications in different computers WITHOUT the necessity of privileges to run it.

Doing the steps when I want to run vcredist_x86.exe in a different computer it is required the privileges.

There was also other alternative with an older version here:

How can I install the MATLAB Component Runtime without Administrator rights when using MATLAB Compiler 4.6 (R2007a)

My version is 2010b but I can use the most recent version which support the possibility to run MCR without privileges.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Answer 1

[Friedrich]

Hi,

there is no supported way to get it working without admin privileges. The steps which are needed to take are explained in the documentation (replace network drive with local drive):

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2011b/toolbox/compiler/br2jauc-48.html

So you have to install the vcredist_x86.exe which needs privileges. The MCR can simply be copied from another install location.

[fjnb86]

Hi Friedrich and thanks for your prompt answer,

Your link is the same as I put ;)

Therefore, I need privileges for each computer I want to run the application? inclusive when I have the installation in a shared folder?

In this case I really do not understand the utility of install in a shared folder.

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What about the second option? until which version was permitted run applications without privileges

best

[Friedrich]

Every version needs privileges since every version requires a redistributable package (vcredist_x86.exe) to be installed and one has to edit the environment variable PATH.

There is no supported way around this.

[fjnb86]

Ok, understood.

Despite the fact that now there is no supported way, until which MATLAB version was possible run standalone apps without privileges?

thanks

[Jason Ross]

It's not something tied to a MATLAB version. The request for elevated privileges is a result of the UAC (User Access Control) functionality introduced by Microsoft starting in Vista. Any arbitrary program that installs something will require elevated privileges.

[Jason Ross]

An addendum to the previous entry: programs that perform "administrative" actions will require elevation. As already mentioned, this might include changing the system PATH. Other actions would be registering DLLs, installing a service, writing to the system directory, editing certain parts of the Registry and so on.