Re: Installing GNAT GPL 2010 on Vista

[Alex Mentis <asmentis@gmail.com>]

On Jun 25, 2:55 am, Albrecht Käfer <albrecht_kae...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:48 +0200, Alex Mentis <asmen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Be advised: GNAT GPL 2010 did not install correctly for me on Windows
> > Vista with User Account Control turned on.  It raised a "cannot modify
> > HKLM" error, and it did not install Start menu shortcuts or modify my
> > path (so who knows what else it also didn't do...).  Manually
> > configuring these two items was insufficient to subsequently install
> > GtkAda (GtkAda installer did not recognize that GNAT was installed).
>
> > Recommendation:  turn off User Account Control during the installation
> > of GNAT GPL 2010.  So far this work-around seems to have fixed the
> > problems above.
>
> “Run as administrator ? from the context menu did it for me. Someone (the
> word “idiot ? comes to mind) apparently forget that an installer should
> request elevation.
>
> Albrecht

Of course... Run as administrator is probably the better solution.  I
should have thought of that.