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If Arduino-IDE is installed for User only, installing additions tries to install them to %PROGRAMFILES% on Windows
To reproduce
Install Arduino-IDE for User-Only, or install Arduino-IDE by unpacking the zip-Version. Then install additional libraries and Boards.
Expected behavior
Libraries and Boards are installed for User-Only, not global for all users. If drivers needed are to install, just copy them into some directory, so an User with admin-rights could install them.
Describe the problem
If Arduino-IDE is installed for User only, installing additions tries to install them to %PROGRAMFILES% on Windows
To reproduce
Install Arduino-IDE for User-Only, or install Arduino-IDE by unpacking the zip-Version. Then install additional libraries and Boards.
Expected behavior
Libraries and Boards are installed for User-Only, not global for all users. If drivers needed are to install, just copy them into some directory, so an User with admin-rights could install them.
Arduino IDE version
2.3.7
Operating system
Windows
Operating system version
10
Additional context
Version: 2.3.7-nightly-20250410
Date: 2025-04-10T03:24:25.880Z
CLI Version: 1.2.0
With Linux and MacOS this works as it should: Libraries and Boards are installed, drivers are mentioned to be updated or installed in a second step.
Issue checklist
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