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Hi

I'm trialing the program on an Azure VM. This VM is used by many others. I've had to get an admin to install it, and when he did, the program was made available to all the other users, which is unintended. I've tested this on my home PC, and have seen the same behaviour. Is it possible to install the program for the current or a particular user only? If I purchase the program for my own use on a VM, I don't want it to be used by others.

As an aside, I would really like it if the program could offer a portable, non-admin install (like VS Code or python that will allow to install for current user only into a non-program files folder) to avoid the need for administrator rights on a machine. There are other developer-oriented programs that simply run from a single exe or any folder, so it would be great if eventually SOQL Studio could do the same.

Thanks.

If you install SOQL Studio to a folder within /users/<Your User Id>/AppData, only you will be able to access the program.  This is our recommended approach when installing a licensed copy on a shared device because it ensures compliance with the licensing agreement.  The start menu program entry will still be public but anyone else that tries to launch it will get a permissions error.  Additionally, you could manually move SOQL Studio's start menu folder from its public location (typically C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\) into your private start menu folder location (typically C:\Users\<Your User Id>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\) so that other users don't see it in their start menus.  

We are looking at the possibility of creating an installer that doesn't require administrator permissions.  There are some challenges we'll have to work through, though.

SOQL Studio 2022.2 was released this morning and includes a new user-based installer.  Please refer to the release post in the Announcements forum for more details.