Particle CLI install for multiple users

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Hi there,

I’m helping a high school IT person install VSCode and Particle CLI on a set of school administered laptops running Windows 10.

How do I install the Particle CLI as an admin so that all “standard” users have access to it?

Thanks much,
/tom

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Unfortunately there is no easy way to do that because the Windows CLI installer always installs it per-user, in the .particle directory in the user’s home directory.

In order to make it available for all users you’d have to manually install it as a node application, such as by:

npm install -g particle-cli

You also might need to adjust the global PATH for users so it can be called. There may also be a problem using dfu-util and OpenOCD, but if you don’t need those features the CLI will still work without them.

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Thanks for the assessment. Kind of had that feeling it was not going to be easy. Likely will adjust the plan , and create a common login on each laptop that the students will use. They’ll need to keep their project folders separated.

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