Subject: Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) help
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| From: | "Jason Roberts" <> |
|---|---|
| To: | "'Pamela Loring'" <> |
| Cc: | <> |
| Subject: | RE: [mget-help] MGET Installation |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:58:06 -0400 |
Hi Pamela,
The quick answer is to navigate with Windows Explorer to the directory
containing the MGET installation program (GeoEco-----.exe), right click on
it, and select Run As Administrator.
The long answer is that, starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft changed the
operating system such that even administrators are not allowed to make
certain changes to their computer without going through a special
authorization procedure that results in one of those prompts that dim your
screen and ask if you really want to proceed. The Run As Administrator
circumvents that procedure by pre-authorizing Windows to proceed without
prompting you.
When Run As Administrator is not done, Python is supposed to tell the
operating system to prompt you. This capability was supposedly implemented
in Python 2.6. But we are finding that it does not always work. When it does
not, the MGET installation simply fails--you don't get a prompt and MGET
displays the message you mentioned.
Because the problem lies in Python itself, our options for fixing this are
limited. The main thing we can do is to change that message so that it
instructs you to try again with Run As Administrator, rather than
erroneously claiming that you are not an administrator and that you should
get help from a colleague.
Sorry for any confusion...
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Loring
[mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:03 PM
To:
Subject: [mget-help] MGET Installation
I am attempting to install the MGET program on my computer (Windows 7
Professional, 64-bit operating system, ArcGIS v.10 with Python v. 2.6
installed in registry) and recieving the following message within the
installation window:
Running the pre-installation script failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 85, in <module>
RuntimeError:
The MGET setup program cannot install MGET for you because your
user account is not a local administrator on this computer. MGET can
only be installed by administrators. Please get help from a colleague
who has an administrator account.
However, I am logged into the computer as an administrator. Do you
have any possible solutions for this?
Thanks,
Pam
The quick answer is to navigate with Windows Explorer to the directory
containing the MGET installation program (GeoEco-----.exe), right click on
it, and select Run As Administrator.
The long answer is that, starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft changed the
operating system such that even administrators are not allowed to make
certain changes to their computer without going through a special
authorization procedure that results in one of those prompts that dim your
screen and ask if you really want to proceed. The Run As Administrator
circumvents that procedure by pre-authorizing Windows to proceed without
prompting you.
When Run As Administrator is not done, Python is supposed to tell the
operating system to prompt you. This capability was supposedly implemented
in Python 2.6. But we are finding that it does not always work. When it does
not, the MGET installation simply fails--you don't get a prompt and MGET
displays the message you mentioned.
Because the problem lies in Python itself, our options for fixing this are
limited. The main thing we can do is to change that message so that it
instructs you to try again with Run As Administrator, rather than
erroneously claiming that you are not an administrator and that you should
get help from a colleague.
Sorry for any confusion...
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Loring
[mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:03 PM
To:
Subject: [mget-help] MGET Installation
I am attempting to install the MGET program on my computer (Windows 7
Professional, 64-bit operating system, ArcGIS v.10 with Python v. 2.6
installed in registry) and recieving the following message within the
installation window:
Running the pre-installation script failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 85, in <module>
RuntimeError:
The MGET setup program cannot install MGET for you because your
user account is not a local administrator on this computer. MGET can
only be installed by administrators. Please get help from a colleague
who has an administrator account.
However, I am logged into the computer as an administrator. Do you
have any possible solutions for this?
Thanks,
Pam
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