On Windows check permissions of install/data folder during install or on launch

[dma]

Build 108 and earlier - launch fails if user cannot write to default data directory. Observed on Window 7 Home and similar issue with Windows 8.

Exception (few like this) :

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The platform metadata area could not be written: C:\Program Files (x86)\Vega\workspace.metadata. By default the platform writes its content under the current working directory when the platform is launched. Use the -data parameter to specify a different content area for the platform. at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.DataArea.assertLocationInitialized(DataArea.java:61) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.DataArea.getStateLocation(DataArea.java:125) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.InstancePreferences.getBaseLocation(InstancePreferences.java:44) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.InstancePreferences.initializeChildren(InstancePreferences.java:199) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.InstancePreferences.(InstancePreferences.java:59) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.InstancePreferences.internalCreate(InstancePreferences.java:209) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.EclipsePreferences.create(EclipsePreferences.java:392) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.EclipsePreferences.create(EclipsePreferences.java:380) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.PreferencesService.createNode(PreferencesService.java:389) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.RootPreferences.getChild(RootPreferences.java:63) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.RootPreferences.getNode(RootPreferences.java:101) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.RootPreferences.node(RootPreferences.java:90) at org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.AbstractScope.getNode(AbstractScope.java:38) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.InstanceScope.getNode(InstanceScope.java:80) at org.eclipse.ui.preferences.ScopedPreferenceStore.getStorePreferences(ScopedPreferenceStore.java:241) at org.eclipse.ui.preferences.ScopedPreferenceStore.(ScopedPreferenceStore.java:133) at org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin.getPreferenceStore(AbstractUIPlugin.java:284) at com.subgraph.vega.application.Activator.start(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) ... 34 more

[Bliksempie]

Running Vega as an administrator solves the problem for me. Hope it helps someone.

Regards,

Kobus.