I have packaged and installed Slicer 4.13.0-2021-03-16 (from a local build) into a system location for all users at “C:/Program Files/Slicer 4.13.0-2021-03-16”, however I’m unable to install extensions. The following message appears in the console output at startup. "Failed to create extensions di…

The main reason for installing extensions in the application home folder is that Python packages are installed there anyway, so the application home folder has to be writable (or Slicer has to be run as admin when you install extensions). It also allows making Slicer fully portable - see details her…

Unable to install extensions when Slicer is installed in system location

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Unable to install extensions when Slicer is installed in system location

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