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how to i run a installation as administrator on a workstation but still install application as the user

i have an application which has add-ins for outlook 2007. i need to run the application as a administrator, but under the users profile. If i run the application as a admin, or domain admin, when you open outlook after the installation, it opens as the <run as> user. When you close it, the add in isn't in the user thats logged in's outlook profile. Any ideas how to work around this?
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See if you can install the Add-in with Run As Administrator. Provide the admin credentials and it should install. Make sure UAC (User Account Control) is ENABLED. If the add-in needs installation, it should pop up UAC and then OK should require Admin Credentials.
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That add-on is badly written. Report that problem to the manufacturer, maybe he has a solution.
As for a workaround: promote the user to admin, install that add-on and remove him from administrators again afterwards.
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didnt wanna go the long route and have to log the user out and back in again (as admin)

There should be a way to run as admin or domain admin or desktop admin but still install under the users profile.
No command line or anything of sorts to do this?
It depends on your add in. For well written apps, it is easy to start the install as the user and provide credentials as needed. Lots of apps (even those the work once installed) do not permit this, and so for those, you must log out / log in as admin. It is just the way it is. Do not let uninformed users do this.
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thanks