How to install Qt and Qt Creator for *entire* system on Windows using online installer

[asperry]

The default install location for Qt and Qt Creator on Windows using the online installer is C:\Qt which suggests that it will install for the entire system (rather than just my Windows user). However, once installed, my Windows user is the owner of all the files in C:\Qt (rather than being owned by the administrators user). This causes other users on my system to have to run things like the Qt Maintenance Tool as an administrator among other things. Furthermore, the Start Menu shortcuts are placed in my user home directory which means that Qt doesn't show up in the Start Menu for new users on the system.

Is there a way to get a more traditional system install using the online installer? Perhaps if I were to run the online installer as an administrator in the first place, would this change the owner of the installed files and also put the Start Menu shortcuts into the right place such that all users will see get these shortcuts in their Start Menus?

[hskoglund]

Hi, installing as an administrator I think is not a great idea.

Instead, you could try installing a separate instance of Qt for each user, i.e. the "Minecraft way") into every user's AppData folder, for example:

Note that there are existing Qt stuff already in that AppData folder (Qt and QtProject folders) so you have to be careful to choose another name (that's why I used QtInstallation instead of the default folder name Qt).

[asperry]

@hskoglund Yeah, installing for each user is what I'm probably going to have to do. I just wanted to know if there was a way to install for the entire system. I'd say this is a feature that the online installer needs.