Hello, I am updating a previous install for a new version. One of the files has been updating but when installing I am getting the error "Error writing to file <filename>. Verify that you have access to that directory. The difference between the old and new file is that the new file is over 2GB...

Hi Paul, I did resolve it. It took me a boatload of time to figure out. Nobody really seemed to understand my problem or have a fix for it. The behavior you are seeing is basically not "wrong" behavior because once the admin password is entered, the user is the admin user. I tried storing ...

I am having a very similar issue when launching a small second install. The code for my second install is as below. It basically reads a value from a text file and then writes a shortcut to the windows/installer directory. This small install forces an admin user login. Can you give me some direction...

I am having the same issue as danieltan. When the installer is trying to create the updates.lnk file in c:\windows\installer for the auto-update, it gets the warning 1909 error.

Other than forcing the user to be an administrator, what would the solution to this problem be?

Thanks

Frank

Hello, I have built an installation with the UAC setting of "Always Elevate (require administrator). My installation puts data files in the $MYAPPDATA$ folder. When a standard user that is not a local administrator runs the installation they are prompted to enter an administrator username and p...