Few things I would check are as follows: * Do you have admin rights to the system? * Can you try opening a powershell console as admin and use the following command to start the installer: msiexec.exe /i "c:\downloads\vagrant_1.8.1.msi"
Replace the path to where you have the msi file. On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:22 AM msharp <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep getting the following error when trying to install Vagrant - "Error > writing to file: C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\Embedded\bin\file.exe. Verify that > you have access to that directory" > > > I definitely have access to the directory, I'm not sure what's going on, > but retry doesn't work so all I can do is 'Cancel' which reverts the > installation. There doesn't seem to be any documentation anywhere on what > I should do to fix this. > > > I'm running Windows 7, 64-bit. I've tried to install vagrant 1.7.4, > 1.8.0, and 1.8.1 all with the same message. > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IIRXocp9wN0/VrPZpaErb1I/AAAAAAAAAEY/QSPpRng4sEw/s1600/vagrant_error.png> > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues > IRC: #vagrant on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/9033a74d-1cc5-4dce-89e7-bd1334118e0c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/9033a74d-1cc5-4dce-89e7-bd1334118e0c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues IRC: #vagrant on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAJuptT6NBmEeeG038DfUGw8mX0sBVYKOKs9%3D5OK7z1H9r2p0gA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
