From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 02:39:02 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: give a nice message when installer is launched w/o admin rights (closes #16561)
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.3rc1~295
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give a nice message when installer is launched w/o admin rights (closes #16561)
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diff --git a/PC/bdist_wininst/install.c b/PC/bdist_wininst/install.c
index e9401d9f3f57..a0232d23c94e 100644
--- a/PC/bdist_wininst/install.c
+++ b/PC/bdist_wininst/install.c
@@ -1774,6 +1774,16 @@ static BOOL OpenLogfile(char *dir)
 
     sprintf(buffer, "%s\\%s-wininst.log", dir, meta_name);
     logfile = fopen(buffer, "a");
+    if (!logfile) {
+        char error[1024];
+
+        sprintf(error, "Can't create \"%s\" (%s).\n\n"
+                "Try to execute the installer as administrator.",
+                buffer, strerror(errno));
+        MessageBox(GetFocus(), error, NULL, MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
     time(&ltime);
     now = localtime(&ltime);
     strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer),