Ah, yes. Program Files is protected even if installed for all users. On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 11:15 AM Norman Drinkwater <[email protected]> wrote:
> If they are an administrator on the computer, they can use the all-in-one > installer to install for all users. Then J runs with admin rights and > pacman will work fine. If they aren't an administrator, they can only > install as a user. The current behavior conforms to windows guidelines, > though I understand that it's inconvenient. > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 10:33 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 >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
