[Users] 3.13.1-1 for Windows does not install

edwardp at openmailbox.org edwardp at openmailbox.org
Mon Dec 21 19:57:29 CET 2015


Andrej Kacian wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:31:44 -0500
> edwardp at openmailbox.org wrote:
>
>>> Output folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail Manual.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Uninstall.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Claws-Mail.lnk
>>> Completed
> I think this is the issue, although I have no idea why your system
> wouldn't allow writing to abovementioned folders. Did you run the
> installer as an administrator? Are those paths even valid? (I have no
> Windows Vista available to tell.)
>
> Regards,

I did not, but will try that if offered the option. I did not install 
3.12 as an administrator just now, yet that installed perfectly.





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