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I think I have an idea what publishing apps to users mean on a Windows Server I administer. (More on that in this wiki, perhaps)

However, it seems to work well with apps with exe's in the main Program Files folders, or wherever I can find them outside my personal folders (i.e. folders belonging to a user account, even if an admin one).

I tried to download the GitHub app from windows.github.com, but it hides its exe. I could not reverse engineer the special shortcut the installer created, and among the exes I found, only installers could be pushed to users, which of course did not help them.

Hopefully it is a common problem: How can I easily set up our users on GitHub, then?

Please see my related question about how to relax restrictions on the accounts to install and use GitHub.

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  • Can you post a screenshot of the properties for the shorcut to the application. I suspect I know what is going on.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 19:06
  • @Ramhound, Thanks, and sorry I cannot post a screenshot. But I have learned that GitHub «uses Microsoft's ClickOnce installer, which can only be installed on a per-user basis to the %LocalAppData% directory.» But my users cannot install anything, catch 22.
    – László
    Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 11:48
  • Yes, that was exactly what I thought was the case. This is the best advice I can provide. There isn't an offline installer. So unless you want to make an exception for this installer you will have to select another cient.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 14:09
  • @Ramhound, thanks, I am happy to accept or upvote your comment as an answer!
    – László
    Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 15:01

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There is no offline installer. GitHub uses Microsoft's ClickOnce installer, which can only be installed on a per-user basis to the %LocalAppData% directory. So unless you want to make an exception for this installer, you will need to choose another cient.

credit goes to @Ramhound in the comments!

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    @-notification only works in comments, not in answers.
    – gparyani
    Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 20:00
  • Or not even in comments, see the thread under the question. [off/meta]
    – László
    Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 20:01

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