[issue16561] Windows installer doesn't use UAC, then crashes

Mark Lawrence added the comment: I'm assuming that this is still an issue. I've not tested it myself as I've never understood why python gets put in "Program Files" so I don't have such a setup and won't be creating one. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 ___

[issue16561] Windows installer doesn't use UAC, then crashes

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[issue16561] Windows installer doesn't use UAC, then crashes

New submission from Redoute: Windows installers crash without useful explanation, when Python is located in /Program Files/Python27 and the installer is started without admin rights/UAC. I experienced this with Windows 8 and installers for packages pandas and rtree. a) show error message inste