Re: [Squirrel-sql-users] Choosing/creating an Installation Path for SQuirreL in Windows 10

[Alexandre P. <Ale...@ei...>]

Just install SQuirreL into different directory.
Microsoft idea of security is to create extra hurdles for users; you can use a subdirectory of “C:\Program Files (x86)”, but it will require custom rights, and I’m not sure it is worth the effort.
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From: Steve Carry [mailto:sc...@us...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:39 PM
To: squ...@li...
Subject: [Squirrel-sql-users] Choosing/creating an Installation Path for SQuirreL in Windows 10

I am trying to install the current version of SQuirreL on a Windows 10 machine.  I've downloaded the executable squirrel-sql-snapshot-20170430_2224-standard.jar file.  When I execute it, I was prompted to Select The Installation Path:.  The default value is C:\Program files (x86)\squirrel-sql-snapshot-20170430_2224

When I try to accept this default by clicking the Next button, I get an error message that says, The directory cannot be written!  Please choose another directory!

There is a response on Squirrel-SQL-Users that says to create the C:\Program files (x86)\squirrel-sql-snapshot-20170430_2224 directory manually in MS Explorer.  However, even after I did that, I get the same error message.

What do I need to do differently?

S Cary