That happens when is installed in Program Files. If installed in another
directory it is okay. I usually just install J in the c: root directory.

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 9:33 AM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a J application, distributed as a Addon.  When it starts, it runs
> Pacman to check for updates.
>
> A couple of users report that the catalog is read-only and thus they
> can't run Pacman without administrative rights.  As they are Windows
> users, this means that they have to Run as Administrator. This is
> undesirable.
>
> Does anyone know what causes this state of affairs?  Is it something in
> the way they installed J, or how they have their Windows system set up?
> I don't think it's an antivirus issue.
>
> And is there a workaround for them to give J the rights to manage its
> stuff?
>
> Henry Rich
>
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