Does Allegro CL work on Windows Vista/7?
Yes, but on Vista/7 there is a security model which disallows installation of files into c:\Program Files\ if you do not have Administrator priviledges, which is where Allegro CL is installed by default. This may affect your experience using Allegro CL in the following two circumstances: • If you have a habit of working in the Allegro directory (in C:\Program Files\) you will get get errors every time you try to modify a file. You will need to find another location for your working files or run Allegro CL under elevated priviledges. To do this, navigate to the Allegro CL start menu and right-click on the image you’d like to start. Select Run as administrator. When you select Run as administrator you will need to answer in the affirmative to the User Account Control dialog boxes Vista/7 pops up. This will grant you the permissions needed to modify or create files in this directory. • When installing Allegro CL patches. A description of how to update your distribution can be found by fol
