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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>>> 1) The default install directory on Windows is C:\Program Files, or <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> C:\Program Files (x86) on 64 bit. ?This default will not work on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> Windows 7 (and perhaps Vista), because the user isn't running as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> administrator anymore, and only administrators can modify that <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> directory. ?There should probably be a warning to that effect on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> windows systems; otherwise, there are painful ways to run install, but <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> they are painful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>Most developers run as administrator so I don't think there should be a warning.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a matter of fact, most developers do NOT run as administrator on Win7 and Vista; default users start with a split security token and you have to elevate permissions to write to the ‘program files’ directory. The only way around this is to turn off UAC; that’s an individual decision whether one feels safe doing that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would also like to see the default install directory for cmake change. In the meantime, I have my cmake script itself change the default:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># On windows, it's convenient to change the default install prefix such that it does NOT point to 'program files'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>if( WIN32 AND CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> set( CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/install" CACHE PATH "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories" FORCE )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>endif( )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>