Is there any way to install a plugin without admin rights on windows 7

Question

Hi all,
I've developed a plugin for adobe indesign cs5. I was able to install my plugin(by creating .msi file) into indesign plugins folder, when extension manager is opened as administrator.
I just want to know, if I can install the plugin without admin rights.
FYI: My plugin will add a link to File menu on menubar of the indesign application, clicking which will execute the scripts.
Please let me know if you want any other information.
Thanks for any ideas/support.
Regards,
Srikanth

Answer 1

InDesign will load plugins from the path specified in the PlugInConfig.txt file in the user's InDesign preferences directory, which does not require administrative privileges. See "Using PlugInConfig.txt" on pp.12- of the "Getting Started with the Adobe InDesign CS5 Products SDK" (getting-started.pdf) in the SDK. Specifically:
Using PlugInConfig.txt
1. If InDesign is running, exit it.
2. Create a text file named “PlugInConfig.txt” in the InDesign preference directory, and enter
the following text into it:
=Path
NOTE: The inDesign preference folder is located in the following directory (where <locale> is a
locale-specific subdirectory; for example, en_US for English):
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\
Adobe\InDesign\Version #.#\<locale>
Windows Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\
Adobe\InDesign\Version #.#\<locale>
Mac OS: <user-home>/Library/Preferences/
Adobe InDesign/Version #.#/<locale>
3. Open the PlugInConfig.txt file in a text editor and edit the sections as desired. For example,
the following tells InDesign to load every plug-in in the sdk folder:
=Path
"C:\Adobe InDesign CS5 Products SDK\build\win\debug\sdk
NOTE: The preceding example is only for Windows. On Mac OS, use ‘:’ as the path separator.
NOTE: You also can use a “=Exclude” tag to exclude a certain plug-in from being loaded. This
is useful if you do not want to load everything in the “=Path” folder.
NOTE: This is target specific. You cannot launch the release version of InDeisgn with debug
plug-ins. It is convenient to add both debug and release paths, commenting out the  target that is not in use. For single-line comments, use “;” (semicolon).
4. Save the PlugInConfig.txt file.
5. Restart InDesign.
6. Verify the set of plug-ins loaded by selecting the About Plug-ins menu.