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MSG · 25th June 2012, 08:57

You can *run* from the program files directory, you just cannot *write* to it without admin access. The apps installed in those protected directories were installed at admin level.

Your app should write to a subfolder of $APPDATA or $LOCALAPPDATA, not to $INSTDIR.

(You can also add an admin request to your application's manifest, but that will only work on Vista and newer if UAC is enabled. But of course that will popup a confirmation dialog.)

25th June 2012, 08:57	#4
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,892	You can run from the program files directory, you just cannot write to it without admin access. The apps installed in those protected directories were installed at admin level. Your app should write to a subfolder of $APPDATA or $LOCALAPPDATA, not to $INSTDIR. (You can also add an admin request to your application's manifest, but that will only work on Vista and newer if UAC is enabled. But of course that will popup a confirmation dialog.)