### Please describe the problem. When installing the windows aplha dated 2013-06-21 12:17 it gives an error: Error opening file for writing: c:\program files (x86)\Git\cmd\git-annex.exe Abort,retry or ignore? If you run as administrator it works. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? Download the alpha installer and run as normal user. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? Windows 7 64 bit ### Please provide any additional information below. [[!format sh """ # If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. # If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log # End of transcript or log. """]] [[!meta title="windows installer fails unless run as admin user"]] > [[dup|done]] of > [[git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights]] --[[Joey]]