Steve,
have you tried using right mouse button -> run as administrator?
Usually you are not permitted to write to "Program files (x86" as a
regular windows user.
Cheers
Stefan
Am Dienstag, den 09.05.2017, 18:39 +0000 schrieb Steve Carry:
> 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
>
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