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Fixup 'Temporary Copy restrictions' in the user guide (#15222)
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#13985 introduced new restrictions for temporary copies of NVDA, preventing the add-on store from opening and preventing writing to disk.
These should be explained in the user guide

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Simplified some of the structure in the user guide, including explaining what a temporary copy is.
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seanbudd authored Jul 31, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -347,9 +347,13 @@ The installed copy is also able to create a portable copy of itself at any time.
The portable copy also has the ability to install itself on any computer at a later time.
However, if you wish to copy NVDA onto read-only media such as a CD, you should just copy the download package.
Running the portable version directly from read-only media is not supported at this time.
Using the temporary copy of NVDA is also an option (e.g. for demonstration purposes), though starting NVDA in this way each time can become very time consuming.

Apart from the inability to automatically start during and/or after log-on, the portable and temporary copies of NVDA also have the following restrictions:
The [NVDA installer #StepsForRunningTheDownloadLauncher] can be used as a temporary copy of NVDA.
Temporary copies prevent saving NVDA configuration such as settings or input gestures.
This includes disabling usage of the [Add-on Store #AddonsManager].

Portable and temporary copies of NVDA have the following restrictions:
- The inability to automatically start during and/or after log-on.
- The inability to interact with applications running with administrative privileges, unless of course NVDA itself has been run also with these privileges (not recommended).
- The inability to read User Account Control (UAC) screens when trying to start an application with administrative privileges.
- Windows 8 and later: the inability to support input from a touchscreen.
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