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

[Wesley N. <We...@Ke...>]

Hold shift and right-click on the installer file in explorer and select ‘Copy as path’

Click on Start Menu and type CMD, right click on ‘Command Prompt’ and select ‘Run as administrator’

Paste copied path to jar installer file at command prompt and click enter.

In my case it looks like this C:\WINDOWS\System32>"C:\Users\wesleyn.MWP\Downloads\squirrel-sql-snapshot-20170430_2224-standard.jar"

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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