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Skipping "installation with specific user creds" prompt #2057

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At the moment there's no option to disable the prompt.
However, I think the install logic is due for a rework anyways in the near future because the script got quite bloated, unreadable and not even close to all winget exit codes are implemented and sometimes the winutil therefore thinks the install has completely failed even though there was some kind of other meaning behind the exit codes, so if your motivated and up to the task, I would say go for it and code a PR.

Background: the logic with the prompt exists, because some programs (like Spotify) really want to be installed in the user context without admin rights and this was the first workaround Chris found but there are most definit…

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