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From: Albrecht =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=E4fer?= <albrecht_kaefer@yahoo.de>
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Subject: Re: Installing GNAT GPL 2010 on Vista
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:55:27 +0200
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:48 +0200, Alex Mentis <asmentis@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