{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/560","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/560/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/560/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/560/events","html_url":"https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/560","id":55220602,"number":560,"title":"Installation on Windows doesn't \"symlink\" iojs to node","user":{"login":"tgarbiak","id":3974177,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3974177?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak","html_url":"https://github.com/tgarbiak","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tgarbiak/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-01-22T22:49:17Z","updated_at":"2015-01-22T22:58:26Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I've just installed io.js v1.0.3 on my machine and it didn't create symlinks to node.\r\nWhen I now run ``node -v`` I get ``v0.10.33`` and when ``iojs -v`` I get ``v1.0.3``.\r\nNow, this might be because:\r\n- windows doesn't have symlinks (so I thought, but I was just told on #io.js that it indeed has)\r\n- I haven't run installer as an admin (but then it should ask me for elevation)\r\n- it was never intended on Windows to do it (but then it creates inconsistency between platforms, not good IMO)\r\n\r\nOn a side note, I think installer should provide some info about what's gonna happen with the current node and npm installations.\r\n\r\nSome additional info:\r\n```\r\nInstaller file: *iojs-v1.0.3-x64*\r\nSystem: *Win8.1x64*\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/comments/71116709","html_url":"https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/560#issuecomment-71116709","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/560","id":71116709,"user":{"login":"gyandeeps","id":5554486,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5554486?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps","html_url":"https://github.com/gyandeeps","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gyandeeps/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-22T22:58:26Z","updated_at":"2015-01-22T22:58:26Z","body":"I think the idea is to have them as individual entities on the machine.\r\nhttps://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/398"}}