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Any update on my 2014-12-23 reply? The problem will not just go away with time and others are also experiencing the same problem.

The new installer, Inno Setup, uses a different method for elevation than the old NSIS one. NSIS uses an application manifest, while Inno uses dynamic elevation. The application manifest is unknown to XP, since it's a Vista-and-later feature and is consequently ignored. Therefore it was possible to ...

How can I reproduce this error? What Windows version are you using? This is probably related to some special UAC settings.
Zenju, I have supplied the info you asked on Dec. 11th in reply to this comment but I don't see any reply from you since then on the original topic. Please advise. The other ...

Windows XP SP3. But remember that I can launch FFS 6.10 and 6.11 over and over withour receiving the error message. So my OS or UAC setting are apparently not the problem.guy100

Besides, UAC was introduced in 2008 with Server and Vista.

How can I reproduce this error? What Windows version are you using? This is probably related to some special UAC settings.Zenju

Windows XP SP3. But remember that I can launch FFS 6.10 and 6.11 over and over withour receiving the error message. So my OS or UAC setting are apparently not the problem.

Can you post a screenshot of this message?Zenju

Sure. But we use the French versions here. The translation in my previous message is proper.
See error message attached.

What exactly is blocking the 6.12 installation?Zenju

Error message pops up immediately upon executing FreeFileSync_6.12_Win_Setup.exe:"You must have admin rights on this PC in order to install this software". But I do not get this with 6.11 or 6.10.

For those who do not have admin/install rights on their corporate PC, we used to install the portable version, up to FFS 6.11. With FFS 6.12, the installer gets blocked right away so we can't even reach the page where we get to choose the installation type (local or portable). The problem really is ...