System Permission Requirements for Installation on Windows

Administrator privileges are required to complete the software installation. To allow a non-privileged user to perform the release registration process, the administrator must set SDD_USELOCALENV as a system variable as well as manually install the Microsoft Installer redistributable packages. The packages are available on the install media.

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For more information, see the Support Center Knowledge Base Article: Installation best practices if users do not have administrator rights.

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In order to properly complete the release registration by a non-privileged user, the SDD_USELOCALENV variable must be defined prior to the installation. If you have completed the installation without first setting the variable, the software must be uninstalled, the variable set, and then you can reinstall.

Table 1 describes the SDD_USELOCALENV system variable options.

Table 1. SDD_USELOCALENV Settings

SDD_USELOCAL Setting

Description of System Rights

ADMIN

Only the administrator who runs the initial install can see the Mentor EBS programs on the Start menu and execute the programs.

POWER_USER

Only the initial installing power user can see the Mentor EBS programs on the Start menu and execute the programs. All administrators and other power users can execute the programs if they run the Release Switcher to configure their access to the programs. Users not in these categories cannot run the programs.

USER

Only the initial installing user can see the Mentor EBS programs on the Start menu and execute the programs. All administrators, power users, and any other user can execute the programs. However, other users must run the Release Switcher to configure access to the programs.