# Automatic install of Python packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/automatic-install-of-python-packages/7078>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/automatic-install-of-python-packages/7078 "2019-06-07T23:33:23Z")\
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I’ve submitted a [pull request](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/1151/files) to change the default install location to AppData (c:\Users\<username\>\AppData\Local) and turned off requirement for an admin account.

Installing in user-specific folder may be a good thing, because then installing random Python packages would not impact other users.

The only drawback I can think of is that after this change it will be a bit more work to create an installation tree shared between all users on that computer. However, it is not that difficult to do: you need to manually select All Users\AppData as installation folder and move the start menu shortcuts to All Users\Start menu. We can just add these instructions to the documentation.

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