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Cannot install files in c: \ Program in Windows 7

I have an installer written in Java using Izpack. It works fine on Windows XP, however on Windows 7 it cannot write to c: \ Program Files. Oddly enough, as the user running this installer, I can create folders under c: \ program files, but not from the installer itself.

What am I missing?

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in order to record this path, the installer will need to request and provide startup as an administrator.

For Java: Run the CMD prompt as an administrator or powershell as an administrator and go to JAVA Bin dir .... and run java.exe -jar # The full path to the jar file that will receive it in a private message

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add

<run-privileged/>

in the info part of your installer.xml.

For example::

 <info> <appname>IzPack</appname> <appversion>4.2.0</appversion> <authors> <author email="" name="Julien Ponge (project founder)"/> <author email="" name="The fantastic IzPack developers and contributors"/> </authors> <url>http://izpack.org/</url> <javaversion>1.5</javaversion> <requiresjdk>no</requiresjdk> <run-privileged condition="izpack.windowsinstall.vista|izpack.macinstall"/> <summarylogfilepath>$INSTALL_PATH/installinfo/Summary.htm</summarylogfilepath> </info>
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You need to run the installer as admin. Only an administrator can write to the Program Files directory. Usually, when a user tries to make changes, the UAC asks if you are sure. This is not necessarily true for the program.

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Have you tried using the option "Run as" ... "Administrator"?

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  1. Run cmd with administrator privileges
  2. java -jar ***. jar
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