PresentMon installer does not allow alternative installation paths about presentmon HOT 4 CLOSED

That's probably intentional. PresentMon's overlay is uiAccess window, which only works if application is installed into secure location like c:\program files folder.

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Even if that is the case, wouldn't that mean only the overlay needs to be installed to a "secure" location (a dubious guarantee, given that permissions can be changed for Program Files to allow it to be writable by anybody, and also that it's entirely possible to make folders on other drives admin-only writable) while the rest of the application (service, main application) should be able to reside elsewhere?

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We may call it a dubious guarantee, but it is Microsoft's own default requirement for uiAccess applications to work. Their OS, their rules. Unless you tweak OS, it won't work when it is installed anywhere else. Also, there is no "only the overlay" and "main application" separation in the current implementation as I see it. Main application IS overlay.

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Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, as Alex mentioned above, there is no way to accomplish this request as Intel PresentMon will not work properly if installed in a different location.

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