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From: Alex Mentis <asmentis@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing GNAT GPL 2010 on Vista
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:06:58 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 25, 2:55=A0am, Albrecht K=E4fer <albrecht_kae...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:48 +0200, Alex Mentis <asmen...@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> > Be advised: GNAT GPL 2010 did not install correctly for me on Windows
> > Vista with User Account Control turned on. =A0It raised a "cannot modif=
y
> > HKLM" error, and it did not install Start menu shortcuts or modify my
> > path (so who knows what else it also didn't do...). =A0Manually
> > configuring these two items was insufficient to subsequently install
> > GtkAda (GtkAda installer did not recognize that GNAT was installed).
>
> > Recommendation: =A0turn off User Account Control during the installatio=
n
> > of GNAT GPL 2010. =A0So far this work-around seems to have fixed the
> > problems above.
>
> =93Run as administrator ? from the context menu did it for me. Someone (t=
he
> word =93idiot ? 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.