[Windows] How to install Anki in Program Files and set ANKI_BASE to user folders

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Hello,

My computer policies block installing applications in user’s folders.

Therefore, I’m trying to install Anki in Program Files and set Anki Base to user’s editable folders.

I tried with *.bat file similar to installing on USB:

@echo off
set ANKI_LAUNCHER_VENV_ROOT="C:\Program Files\Anki\AnkiProgramFiles"
set ANKI_LAUNCHER="C:\Program Files\Anki\Launcher\anki"
set ANKI_BASE=C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Anki
echo Starting installing Anki...
start /b %ANKI_LAUNCHER%
echo Installed Anki...

It sets the variables but doesn’t run the launcher.

Do you have any ideas how to make it work?

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Assuming that the C:\Program Files\Anki\Launcher\anki executable does exist, perhaps try changing the start line to:

start "" /b %ANKI_LAUNCHER%

I don’t use Windows, but a brief internet search seems to suggest that when using an executable path surrounded by quotation marks, the title parameter needs to be provided. (So, we provide a quoted empty string as the title parameter.)

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Sorry, but it didn’t help.

I even tried to put the direct path to the launcher with no success.

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When you execute the start "" /b "C:\Program Files\Anki\Launcher\anki" command manually from Command Prompt, what error messages do you see?

And, if running it from the Command prompt doesn’t work:

  • Have you verified whether the C:\Program Files\Anki\Launcher\anki file exists at that location when you look for it in File Explorer?
  • If you try to execute it in File Explorer, does it run then?
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Finally, it started to work with the following commands (double quote and double backslash made the difference):

@echo off
echo Starting Anki...
set USB_ROOT=%~dp0
set ANKI_LAUNCHER_VENV_ROOT=%USB_ROOT%\AnkiProgramFiles
set ANKI_LAUNCHER=%USB_ROOT%\Launcher\anki
set ANKI_BASE=C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Anki
start "" /b "C:\Program Files\Anki\\Launcher\anki"

The Anki.bat file is located in C:\Program Files\Anki

Thanks for help.

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